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Originally Posted by Colonel

negative is not saying that slavery had no bearing, only that slavery was but one of many issues that led to secession. I think that may be what you are saying too. The difference is the degree of importance. You seem to think it was the number one issue. It was not.

Nah, negative believes that slavery had no bearing at all until 1862. I'm simply trying to point out that it did. That's all, really. It obviously seems like I think that's the number one issue because that's all Ive been referencing, but if you take a look back ove rmy posts you'll see that I'm just pinpointing where mistakes have been made and correcting them. I understand that it wasn't slavery that caused a war on it's own. I just think it's silly to totally deny that it had something to do with the polticial climate before 1862.

They didn't just pull it out of their ass in 1862 and say let's fight the war for this reason.

Originally Posted by Colonel

Nice site. It is a good idea to read several versions of the events to get a true picture. But be careful, there is alot of revisionist history being written and taught in schools these days. (EDIT - I usually try to read the accounts written by the men who were there. To get a true sense of the Southern perspective you should read "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" By Jefferson Davis, The original is a very long two volume set, but you can get an abridged version from the museum store at Beauvoir)

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Yeah, like I said earlier, I did a year on the civil war, which also covered reconstruction and then led into black civil rights. Some interesting stuff out there. I have a bunch of books that I had to buy for the class that I've read over. I was warned by my history teacher about revisionist theories when I was preparing for exams, so I'm pretty sure he wouldn't recommend those books if they were....