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From what I've read about the American civil war is that all historians agree that the rebellion was about the right to hold slaves. The argument about federali
by bjourne 3y ago
From what I've read about the American civil war is that all
historians agree that the rebellion was about the right to hold
slaves. The argument about federalisim is a narrative constructed
afterwards to evoke sympathy for the rebels.
If not those who use the phase - and have been using it in exactly the
same way for decades - can decide what it means, then who can? Should
we apply the same argument to "pro choice" and agreee that that it is
a call for premediated murder of infants because that is what the "pro
life" crowd thinks?
- slibhb 3y ago> From what I've read about the American civil war is that all historians agree that the rebellion was about the right to hold slaves. The argument about federalisim is a narrative constructed afterwards to evoke sympathy for the rebels. People often say this but I see no contradiction between the American Civil War being about slavery and it being about states' rights. It was about the states' rights to own slaves! That aside, the idea that "all historians agree" is absurd.
- tety 3y agoSure slavery and racism is a huge part of it, but don't forget it's called 'the confederacy'. You can't claim this is constructed afterwards when it's plainly in the name