Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
First off ......a big old


Slavery did not "cause" the War Between The States and it was not a "Civil War" as the Southern States attempted only to secede (as they thought was their right) not to take control of the United States.

The War Between The States was not about slavery as Border States: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri kept their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 (the War started in 1861 fyi) and all slaves were freed after the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1865. With the secession of Confederate States in 1861, the United States House and Senate were free to pass any legislation without obstruction of the states that had seceded...why wait until 1863 to act? Unless of course slavery was NOT the main issue at hand but rather a cause du jour to rally a base of people (Abolitionists, former slaves, and Free blacks) to join the ranks and fight the Confederacy.


Alas this falls on deaf ears as the rule always applies "the winners write history" and so it is
Why did you even bring that up. We were not talking about the civil war. You can say the war wasn't about slavery and be partly right as it was about states rights over the Federal Governments power but slavery was a part of that.