Subj : The Birth of a Nation (19 To : Dumas Walker From : MRO Date : Wed Oct 19 2022 09:03 pm Re: The Birth of a Nation (19 By: Dumas Walker to ARELOR on Wed Oct 19 2022 08:46 am > If you consider that most early blacks arrived as slaves, and the issue of > slavery was a contributor to the Civil War, that quote has truth to it. I think slavery as a contributer to civil war was a red herring. If you look at the declairations of secession from the states that wanted to leave, they had valid reasons. Slavery played a part, but it wasn't the only reason. --- þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services ::: .