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Old 07-05-10, 12:02 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by thorn69 View Post
Some stuff about the Civil War not being predicated by slavery
Nonsense. The reaction to Lincoln was absolutely about slavery, not taxes. The (brand new) Republican party was heavy with abolitionists. The South feared the new administration for that reason, it had squat to do with taxes.

This has been done to death, with modern state's rights people trying to paint the CW as "State's Rights" when it was all about a State's right to OWNB HUMAN BEINGS.
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