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I'd bet he would be screaming mad about which side Texas is of the Mason-Dixen line. By my eye Texas is not part of the north.
by sandworm101 5y ago
I'd bet he would be screaming mad about which side Texas is of the Mason-Dixen line. By my eye Texas is not part of the north.
- hajile 5y agoIt fought for the Confederacy, but in the first couple battles took such catastrophic losses that it was effectively out of the war. From what I remember, it was different from other Southern states in that a large minority of settlers weren’t southerners and held the relatively new religious Northern idea that slavery was evil. Southern Democrats were still the majority and the Democrats were holding the threat of succession and violence against Republicans to force concessions about slavery (eg, the Missouri Compromise).
- dghlsakjg 5y agoAlso the state legislature voted overwhelmingly to secede and join the Confederacy citing wanting to keep slavery as one of the primary causes for seceding. It seems pretty cut and dry to me now, but this man was an intimidating teacher, and I was a quiet kid...