Why The War For Southern Independence Was Not Over Slavery

The War For Southern Independence Was Fought over Tariff money and Freedom. Not Slavery.

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[tBusket]

@xhongnoi Read your history! Obviously you believe stupidity, you fool! The Emancipation Proclamation only freed some slaves in certain areas....NOT ALL SLAVES EVERYWHERE IN THE US! GO READ IT! That was strategy by the north to help them win, everyone thinks the north was filled with good hearted samaritans and human rights activists, BS! There were slaves in NY up until 1869 which is documented by the Smithsonian. Guess what, General Grant freed his slaves 3 years AFTER the war ended!

[EBCHILL2]

@hebrew72 finally somebody who has thier facts straight

[Snagprophet]

@wolfstar143 If these slavers were white, then I pretty much doubt any children they'd concept would be black.

[wolfstar143]

I agree that slavery wasn't the reason for the war...however three things bothered me about this.

1. Confederates attacked first

2. There was no intention of ending slavery by southerners

3. Many slave-owners had black children, mostly to create more field hands not out of countering slavery.

[futtgoredo]

tl;dr

redneckfag.

In the end you made this because you hate black people. And yes, slavery played an enormous part in starting the civilwar

[wolfpax22]

Looks like somebody needs to crack open a history book. Most of the major political controversies that led up to the war had to do with whether or not slavery would be allowed in the western territories. Also all of the secession declarations passed by the southern states (google them) specifically mention slavery as a cause for secession. The Confederate constitution is almost the same as the US one except it specifically protects slavery. Jeff Davis declared martial law just like Lincoln.

[carlsm95]

It's so obvious that slavery played a major role (not the only role, but still a major one) in the civil war that i dont even have to explain it, the only reason southerners are denying it is because they actually feel guilty for enslaving an entire race.

[celco77]

Your comments are rubbish. Read South Carolina's official declaration of secession issued in December 1860. The entire document is nothing but a list of complaints about how the Northern states were not keeping the 'deal' made over slavery. There is NO mention of tariffs at all. These are the people who started the war - if you have better sources of southern sentiment please enlighten me.

[NAEIRNBRUFORU]

Someone forgot the south was drafted before the union although it's true the war wasn't over slavery. It's taught very clearly even in that ken burns film it repeats it. the maker of this video acts like he's the first one to show these facts

[atheistjacob]

@holmeed i do not believe that it was about slavery at first, but then again, i was taught by a southerner in the state of alabama. i do know however that after the emancipation proclamation, it became about slavery because if the csa lost they would be required to free the slaves. being from the south, though, i can say that not all of us believe in an invisible man in the sky. and i certainly would not vote against my best interest economically. i hate the south, though. nice scenery, too hot.

[SunofAusterlitz1805]

Also, the Morrill Tariff was too late to have a real effect. Although it could be argued the thought of it scared the southern states. BUT then why did the Declaration of Causes of Secession for the states not bring this up?! I am starting to lean towards maybe to Slavery was the main reason while the others were secondary. And explain the Cornerstone Speech by Alexander Stephens.

P.S-I was once 110% pro C.S these and more added doubt

[SunofAusterlitz1805]

1. Why is it that Pro C.S people always rant on the Corwin Amendment, when in the C.S Constitution has the same thing as the Corwin Amendment.

2. If States' Rights was the cause why did the Declaration of Causes of Secession state they did not what Northern States nullifying the Fugitive Slave Act?

3. States' Rights for what?

4. Why rant on Lincoln suspending Habeas corpus when the C.S Constitution allows that, in fact Davis did it too!

P.S-I was once 110% pro C.S these and more added doubt