ext_284991 ([identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2012-01-02 08:14 am (UTC)

You can say "The Civil War was over slavery" and that would be a correct statement.

No, that would be an incomplete, and thus inaccurate statement.

For god's sake, just look at the Confederate Constitution. It's basically the US Constitution WITH SOME STATES RIGHTS and some slavery added in.

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