Subj : The Birth of a Nation (19
To   : MRO
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Oct 20 2022 04:10 pm

>  > 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 l
> ve, they had valid reasons.
> Slavery played a part, but it wasn't the only reason.

You are correct, it certainly was not, but it is the one that got a lot of
attention and stirred emotions and sentiments much more than any other.


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