PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Fire Memes for Traitor Haters@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBased German immigrant, the US was lucky to have such a noble soullemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down12cross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 month agoWasn’t the wargoal to end slavery added later to keep other powers from supporting the South?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoEffectively, the war was always about slavery - the question, in the earliest stages, was whether the Union was fighting to contain slavery, or fighting to destroy it entirely.
Wasn’t the wargoal to end slavery added later to keep other powers from supporting the South?
Effectively, the war was always about slavery - the question, in the earliest stages, was whether the Union was fighting to contain slavery, or fighting to destroy it entirely.