On 4/19/16 12:17 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/19/2016 8:24 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
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On 4/19/2016 7:35 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
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On 4/19/2016 12:44 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
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According to you and BOA, there was only *one* reason for the
Civil War
... slavery.

I'm still waiting for your history text
recomendations that say otherwise.
I have no idea why you think the Civil War would have
occurred but for slavery. It makes no sense.
Maybe in searching for text to support your view, you
will be enlightened.
At least you haven't suggested that blacks were
better off being enslaved, as did Greg.



Rather than a book (that I doubt you would read) here's a couple of
rational discussions on the conventional wisdom that the Civil War
was just about slavery:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schweitzer/slavery-and-the-civil-war_b_849066.html


http://www.globalresearch.ca/falsifying-history-on-behalf-of-agendas-us-civil-war-was-about-money-not-slavery/5464841


I read these unconvincing arguments by a neurophysiologist
and an economist. I prefer historians. One example:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-jan-june11-
civilwar_04-12/
But I can't tell you where to get your information.
I never bought into other reasons for the war, because they
go against facts.


No, they go against what you read in Social Studies class in the sixth
grade.


That's very doubtful. Since I had sixth grade in the
'50's, they were still spouting your rubbish "ideas."

"Slavery" became the talking point issue but there were many more
pressing reasons that 11 states elected to secede from the Union. The
war was fought to prevent them from seceding. In those days state
citizenship was much more important than being a citizen of the nation.
The 11 southern states felt the federal government was becoming too
intrusive and wanted no part of it. Abolitionism, led by the newly
founded Republican Party was only one of many bitches. Lincoln himself
was far from being a true abolitionist even though he led the Republican
movement.


Don't be obtuse. The legislatures of the seceding states clearly
said their reason for seceding was to "defend slavery."
Go read them, and cast off your ignorance.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html



Today they would be called "talking points". It was a very good excuse
to justify seceding from the Union. You seem to like to ignore any
evidence, including what leaders like Lincoln actually *said*.



The "declaration of causes" is pretty good evidence.
Like everyone else, Lincoln said lots of things.