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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (51085)8/13/1999 1:30:00 PM
From: Father Terrence  Respond to of 108807
 
Yes, I believe you are 100% correct about that. Despite what children are brainwashed into believing in the schools, slavery was NOT the primary issue, it was an excuse.



To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (51085)8/14/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: Edwarda  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Agreed. I do find it curious that it was not acknowledged that states should have had the right to secede in a country that itself seceded from England....



To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (51085)8/15/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
It was always primarily about slavery. The only thing that touched off the Civil War was the election of a man known to favor eventual abolition. He had not even decided on a definite program for the elimination of slavery, and envisioned its end about thirty years in the future, and the South still seceded.....


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