A majority of Confederate leaders and Southerners in general were willing to end slavery to preserve the South’s independence.
Most Confederate soldiers weren't slaveholders and a majority of Confederate officers weren't slaveholders either. 2 out of every 3 Southern families were not involved at all with slaveholding. and only 10 percent of Southern citizens held title to slaves.
Wait, your telling me that the civil war wasn't actually about less than 2% of wealthy land owners having slaves to include black slave owners and was actually about establishment figures and Bankers in the north exercising undue control over Southern states because they wanted them to be completely controlled?
And why the Confederates opposed what the federal government had become.
Can't tell you how my views on Confederates have changed over the last few years. I get it now, I get it.
It was never about slavery.
Yes it was. Slavery just wasn’t the only reason.
A majority of Confederate leaders and Southerners in general were willing to end slavery to preserve the South’s independence.
Most Confederate soldiers weren't slaveholders and a majority of Confederate officers weren't slaveholders either. 2 out of every 3 Southern families were not involved at all with slaveholding. and only 10 percent of Southern citizens held title to slaves.
Secession was about slavery. The war was about preventing secession, not ending slavery.
Slavery is still evil no matter how you frame the confederacy
No shit? Gee, thanks. Considering that wasn't my point - not really sure why you felt the need to tell me that.
Wait, your telling me that the civil war wasn't actually about less than 2% of wealthy land owners having slaves to include black slave owners and was actually about establishment figures and Bankers in the north exercising undue control over Southern states because they wanted them to be completely controlled?
Nahhhh that can't be right.
@QuietSpark @Saltybitch et. al.
Is there a singular tome on this subject, littered with irrefutable citations which one may read for further information?
America's Forgotten History by Mark David Ledbetter is a good place to start.
It doesn’t matter how right they were about the feds, slavery is the obviously worse evil.