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Major Nikon

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18. Actually, it was the exact opposite
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 09:14 PM
Aug 2017

Nobody was telling the southern states they couldn't own slaves. What they were being told was when their slaves went to certain other states, either by fleeing or traveling with their slave owners, they were no longer slaves.

So historically speaking, the rational for the Civil War was an anti-states' rights position and this was fully articulated in numerous confederate documents, not the least of which was all the articles of secession issued by the confederate states.

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I stole this... SHRED Aug 2017 #8
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #11
'When you remove a Confederate statue' is not analogous to gravesites and headstones. elleng Aug 2017 #5
My take. Ptah Aug 2017 #6
Good point SHRED Aug 2017 #9
Duplicitous, not disingenuous Major Nikon Aug 2017 #12
good point. Ptah Aug 2017 #13
It was about States Rights I agree! SHRED Aug 2017 #17
Actually, it was the exact opposite Major Nikon Aug 2017 #18
Good to know SHRED Aug 2017 #19
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Yep. SHRED Aug 2017 #15
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