06-25-2015, 01:37 AM
(06-24-2015, 04:01 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: Most people in this thread, in the United States, as well in most of the states that were a part of the Confederacy have not read the Articles of Succession. We are blessed that the leaders of that failed country had the forethought to document so clearly what they thought would be the beginning of their new countries rich history. It is within that documentation that historians are easily able to brush of the idea that Slavery was not the key issue.
This times 1000.
People can try to spin it as much as they want, but the war was mainly over slavery.
The fact that people without slaves were forced to fight in defense of their homeland does not change the fact that the war was over slavery.
You can claim that the American revolution was also treason, but it was justified because it was a war against colonial exploitation.
I don't judge the results of these two wars just based on who won. If there were similar wars fought today that did not involve the United States I would still say that a war against colonial exploitation was justified and a war to support slavery was not.
