Subj : The Birth of a Nation (19
To : DaiTengu
From : MRO
Date : Fri Oct 21 2022 07:35 pm
Re: The Birth of a Nation (19
By: DaiTengu to MRO on Fri Oct 21 2022 11:40 am
> MR> If you look at the declairations of secession from the states that
> MR> wanted to leave, they had valid reasons. Slavery played a part, but it
> MR> wasn't the only reason.
>
> Slavery was the root cause. The "declarations of secession" danced around
> the topic, because they knew they were on the wrong side of history. Over
it was one of the causes, but not the root cause.
like everything, it was about money and the lack of consideration and protection these states were getting. for example, they had a huge problem with bandits and the govt wouldn't lift a finger to help.
> the topic, because they knew they were on the wrong side of history. Over
> the course of 150 years, organizations like "The United Daughters of the
they didnt really feel like they were on the wrong side of history. slavery and other things like indentured servatude were just the way they did things.
> I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life, and I remember our sections on The
> Civil War in history classes, most confederate generals were made out to be
> heroes. The books talked about how great these men were. Union generals
> were often just footnotes. Now, some of that is for good reason, as Lincoln
> went through A LOT of Generals-in-Chief before finally landing on Grant in
> 1864.
i'm a big fan of history and i have about 3 years of tech college history courses that i took after highschool. never have i seen a book in public school or anywhere else that glorified confederate generals as heros.
Confeds had some great battles, real interesting ones, but never did i see them portrayed as anything other than total losers in the wrong.
back then none of these people were good. Most of them weren't really champions against slavery. Whitey always has a motive and it's power and money.
