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Re: Confederate Flag
Sure. And, from what I glean from reading about the day, had not the abolitionists forced their hand, the South would have gradually abandoned the idea of holding slaves. The writing that slavery was becoming unsustainable was on the wall. Lincoln even preferred it play itself out, clearly stating that he would allow slavery if it would hold together the union.
The South left long before Lincoln took office though. Buchanan was president when they walked out, and he famously said that the South had no right to secede and the North had no right to stop them. Classic waffler if ever there was one.
Yes and no... The North, or the United States of America, openly allowed slavery in the South. It was not like they were fighting to end it, it was the South that seceeded that brought war. The USA was not some noble nation it allowed slavery, slaughtered the Native Americans and was hell deep into open racism against everybody basically not of Anglo-Saxon descent.
Sure. And, from what I glean from reading about the day, had not the abolitionists forced their hand, the South would have gradually abandoned the idea of holding slaves. The writing that slavery was becoming unsustainable was on the wall. Lincoln even preferred it play itself out, clearly stating that he would allow slavery if it would hold together the union.
The South left long before Lincoln took office though. Buchanan was president when they walked out, and he famously said that the South had no right to secede and the North had no right to stop them. Classic waffler if ever there was one.