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American History

Odin2005

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7. The South was ideologically committed to slavery.

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 09:20 AM

Dec 2011

Which is why Paul's comparison with Britain's ending slavery is misguided and just plain daffy. IMO it's part of the RW revisionism that tries to deny that the Civil War was about slavery.

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Strange But True: Ron Paul Thinks The American Civil War Was 'Unnecessary' [View all] ellisonz Dec 2011 OP

Ron and Newt should start a history program together Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #1

At the Hoodless Racist College. n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #2

As a history teacher, I can't just dismiss his "what-if" as a racist's delusions. Bucky Dec 2011 #3

Generally agreed. ellisonz Dec 2011 #5

Agree with Bucky that there was a precedent for peaceful transitions RZM Dec 2011 #4

Key difference... ellisonz Dec 2011 #6

The South was ideologically committed to slavery. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #7

Howard Zinn felt the same way for different reasons MicaelS Dec 2011 #8

For very different reasons zipplewrath Jan 2012 #9

I loathe the counterfactual. n/t ellisonz Jan 2012 #10

The Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas Nebraska Act, and Dred Scott made war inevitible, imo. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #11

Strange but true: Neither Ron Paul nor Newt Gingrich are very good historians. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #12