Reply #36: The South did not have a strong centralized government

[mrdmk]

This was much to their downfall, the South as a group had trouble agreeing on certain topics in time to stop the Northern armies. One needs to remember that the North, for the most part was losing the war from the beginning to two-thirds of the end.

But this thread was about a book promoting slavery for the most part (I should mention from what I have read is distasteful) and using the Bible substantiate their beliefs. I thought to interject that the U.S. Civil War was not fought to end slavery, that came at the end of the war with much debate from both sides. So having people believe this in this day of age is not surprising, but giving it to ninth graders to read from beginning to end does raise a lot of questions!