SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: KonKilo who wrote (348162)1/27/2003 11:19:02 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
ShilohCat,

I'm baffled by your attempt at logic here. You state that the Civil War started because of secession, not because of slavery.

But that's utterly crackpot because the reason for secession was the determination by Southern oligarchs precisely to maintain and spread slavery. Cf. Missouri Compromise.

Again, I'm baffled -- why do you suggest the South seceded if not to protect the perogatives of the elites w/r/t "their property rights" which meant slaves? Read Kevin Philips "Wealth and Democracy" for a startling economic analysis of the wealth of the South in the antebellum period. About 80% of the wealth of the South consisted of slave holdings. So, if you want to argue that the South went to war to protect its "way of life" or its wealth, you are still saying that the war was started to preserve the institution of slavery.

-Ray
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News