TDAS04
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2014, 12:01:45 PM » |
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« Edited: October 21, 2014, 12:08:09 PM by TDAS04 »
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I strongly believe that the Civil War was justified because of its role in ending slavery, but it is credible to argue that Northern and Republican motives for the war were often selfish and political, rather than simply based on the noble mission of freeing the slaves.
As for the South, however, it's pretty clear that they seceded to keep black people in slavery. While Northern motives may not have been completely moral, Southern motives were pretty much entirely based on keeping their way of life based on slavery and keeping blacks "in their place". The war was ultimately a great thing for freeing the slaves, even if ending slavery wasn't the North's prime goal.
People who oppose the Civil War today are not automatically racist, but their interpretation of history is wrong, if they don't think the South seceded because of slavery.
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