Oh look, a dumb redneck of substandard intelligence and looks :)
You're the dumbass. You're like Lotus, needs to learn some history.
Oh, I have a present for you.....
Progressives actually think that the civil war was about slavery from the rip.....and that it was democrats in the north, Republicans in the south, and the Democrats beat the Republicans in the civil war.
I don't know HOW they believe this.....but they do lol
Its absolutely crazy how ignorant they are!!!!
I think you’re OK Blazer, come on. Ignorance slices both ways
I blame the school system. Its not folks fault when they learn one thing, and stick with the same narrative. But, I do blame them when they keep their mind closed, and dont bother seeking the truth, and REFUSE to believe anything else.
And you do not bother to see the black side of your "Oh, the South is so beleaguered, and we were so good" narrative.
It happened all over America, not just the South. Please educate yourself.
You are making pretty random assumptions about what I know and what I don't. I know far, far more than you think I do. I am a researcher by profession, and I understand how histories get written. The point is, only the South is making excuses for it at this point. And by the "South," I don't mean everyone in the South. I mean the apologists, like yourself.
Own the South's mistakes, along with the good. No one anywhere is all good. Carry a little grace in this thing.
The South has always just wanted to be left alone, yet after 160 years we are still under attack.
Its not that we havent "owned" our mistakes. Even the great Robert E Lee said slavery was an evil, and wished he could free all the slaves. (Yet they are tearing him down cause "SlaVEry!")
Its the fact that we are still targeted, and all the blame is set on us, when it is far from the truth!!!
What do you mean by "be left alone"? Do you consider black citizens of the South to be people who also have a say?
Careful, your ignorance is showing again.
The South seceded legally, as was allowed. They did not want a war. They wanted to be left alone.
You do know, the North despised the kneegrows more than the South right? Slavery was illegal in those states, because the truth is they didnt want the kneegrow in their neighborhood! Its why the Underground Railroad kept going to Canada for fuck sake!
Down South, a lot of slaves were treated like family. Now, I cant say they all were, but its true.
How was I showing my ignorance? I wasn't asking about the Civil War era. I was asking about now. And you never answered my question. Why?
I don't think you can quantify who despised black slaves more. That's sort of a futile pursuit. The ultimate point is, clearly the South had legal slavery for longer and it was more far reaching than it ever was in the North. You can't argue that fact. I have never claimed, and do not believe, that the North was blameless in this. Not at all.
And being treated "like family" doesn't make owning another human being okay.
Again showing your ignorance.
The South did NOT have slavery longer. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the South, as a war tactic. Thus no slave was freed til after the war. Northern states still kept their slaves through the war, because again, it was a war tactic.
Oh, didnt know you were saying "now". Thing is, those blacks with Southern roots, love their roots. Only the youngins who have been indoctrinated are blind.
Yes, slavery was bad, but before slavery... indentured servitude, was actually a good thing I think. All races went through it. You were provided shelter and clothing and meals, and after 7 years I think it was, you were released, with either land or money to provide for yourself. The Master HAD to do this, it was the law.
Unfortunately, a black man fucked it for the rest of the blacks, when Anthony Johnson (a black man), in the 1600s, went to court, and was the first person to be able to claim another person as a piece of property. Oh, he owned white slaves too.
Those slaves that were freed, were fucked! They had nothing, and many died from starvation.
If the North hadnt been so greedy for their Tariffs, the slaves would of been freed in the next few decades anyway, and with an education and means to support themselves. A lot of slaves did not want to leave their masters.