A Reason for A War

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

It must not be forgotten that the North invaded and conquered the South, including committing plenty of the crimes that invading armies commit, and causing horrible and unnecessary suffering. THIS is why great numbers of the Southerners came to hate the Yankees, an attitude that still persists in certain degrees in some cases. It certainly is the reason why the South as a people rejected bitterly the North's self-righteous claim to the moral high ground, based on the narrative of the crusade against slavery, and it is why they still reject it. History has been revised as necessary in an attempt to deny the cruel invader any shred of the moral superiority they claimed.

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Regardless, when the dust is settled, whoever free the slaves have moral
superiority.