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Originally Posted by thorn69
Do some research for yourself and you will see that the civil war didn't really have anything to do with slavery at all. It began based on unfair taxes that Lincoln aimed at the wealthy South.
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In all fairness, I think the onus is on you here to show something.
"Nothing to do with slavery" sounds like hooey to me.
As far as I recall, the taxation/tariff system in place was put in place to protect Southern agriculture (cotton etc) and was unfair to the growing industrial North. Could well be wrong, mind. Anyone know?
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this for some source material