My main goal is to educate people on the true history of the Confederacy. I am the Ohio Division Adjutant of the SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans), a descendant of Robert E. Lee and many other Confederate soldiers. The South was NOT fighting for slavery. They were fighting a tyrannical government (taxes, tariffs, and state rights) similar to what we are dealing with today. Less than 4 percent of people in the South owned slaves. And there was more freed blacks in the South than there was in the North. The Confederacy was the American Revolution 2.0 - They were defending the constitution and protecting their families and land from invasion. You will find no greater Patriots than the brave Confederate Soldiers. This is NOT what they teach in liberal run schools. That is the yankee lies. History was re-written by the victors of the war. I recommend getting the book "Defend Dixie". Its short, to the point, and full of facts and sources.
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I understand your point. Simply read Jefferson Davis’s books about the south and the war to see he was fighting an oppressive government
But when you read the articles of secession, you see it was all about slavery.
http://www.civildiscourse-historyblog.com/blog/2018/7/1/secession-documents-mississippi
Mississippi, the second state to leave, spells it out clearly.
Thank you for posting. OP’s post is practical cancer to this site.
OP is not completely wrong though. Tariffs, state rights, federal encroachment were conditions that added to it
Read my post that somehow got pushed farther down, it's the correct version.