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<blockquote data-quote="Ryder" data-source="post: 920966" data-attributes="member: 663"><p>The reason some of us will not forget is that the fiction story of the war being fought over slavery</p><p>still abounds.</p><p>The institution of slavery was coming to an end. It was dying a slow but peaceful death.</p><p>Pres. Davis was opposed to slavery. His brother had a program to train slaves to be self supporting and free them once that could fend for themselves, but the yankees put a stop to that.</p><p>Gen. Lee was opposed to the institution of slavery. He left the federal military, although he had been offered command of that military, to defend his homeland, The Soverign State of Virginia.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Look at the pictures Chrisy posted. That terrrible war resulted in dead and mangled bodies of union troops as well as southern. Does anyone really think that those soldiers went through that in order to free slaves?</p><p>A study of Lincoln, in context, will show that he changed his mind on the slavery issue every time the wind changed. Just like a lot of politicians today.</p><p> He made war on the soverign nation of the Confederate States of America. He wanted to hold those states in the union for power, not for the Negro, for power. He was a politician.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone think the carnage in the south--the dead, wounded, sick, mules and livestock killed, crops destroyed, buildings ravaged and burned, ear rings ripped out of the ears of Southern women on the streets of New Orleans--made life any better for the Negro? They got just as hungry as whites when there was no food.</p><p>Sherman's march of destruction---just whose life did it make better? I can't think of anyone it benefitted other than self-serving politicians and the yankee carpetbaggers.</p><p></p><p>A war fought over slavery? I don't think so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryder, post: 920966, member: 663"] The reason some of us will not forget is that the fiction story of the war being fought over slavery still abounds. The institution of slavery was coming to an end. It was dying a slow but peaceful death. Pres. Davis was opposed to slavery. His brother had a program to train slaves to be self supporting and free them once that could fend for themselves, but the yankees put a stop to that. Gen. Lee was opposed to the institution of slavery. He left the federal military, although he had been offered command of that military, to defend his homeland, The Soverign State of Virginia. Look at the pictures Chrisy posted. That terrrible war resulted in dead and mangled bodies of union troops as well as southern. Does anyone really think that those soldiers went through that in order to free slaves? A study of Lincoln, in context, will show that he changed his mind on the slavery issue every time the wind changed. Just like a lot of politicians today. He made war on the soverign nation of the Confederate States of America. He wanted to hold those states in the union for power, not for the Negro, for power. He was a politician. Does anyone think the carnage in the south--the dead, wounded, sick, mules and livestock killed, crops destroyed, buildings ravaged and burned, ear rings ripped out of the ears of Southern women on the streets of New Orleans--made life any better for the Negro? They got just as hungry as whites when there was no food. Sherman's march of destruction---just whose life did it make better? I can't think of anyone it benefitted other than self-serving politicians and the yankee carpetbaggers. A war fought over slavery? I don't think so. [/QUOTE]
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