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Originally Posted by Oerets
The states rights they fought over was..........the right to own another human. All other rhetoric was window dressing. (IM and most HO)
The reason for the quality of life not changing to the better. Lays squarely at the ruling class. Not the former slaves rather the lack of leadership and will to help them.
R E Lee may of freed his slaves before the war ended. He was still a trader to his oath to the USA. Was responsible for many loyal Americans deaths.
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The slave owners were generating a disproportion amount of wealth, and that wealth was equating to political power. The Civil War was fought to curtail that power.
Very few White people wanted the Blacks folks integrated into USA society as equals (or at all). It is evil, not saying this is how it should be, but it's a historical fact.
We shouldn't rewrite history. We can learn from it and move on.