@BoingBoing one part of several-which fits into state rights
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@BoingBoing 5 minutes of the most obvious arguments in the entire history of history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing Of course it was fought over slavery, but that's like saying the Roman empire fell because of poor management.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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States' rights and slavery are hardly mutually exclusive reasons for leaving the Union. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html#South_Carolina …
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@BoingBoing See Southern leaders brag about killing to spread slavery, war ultimatums http://civilwarkillers.blogspot.com/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing bullshitThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing Fact (KenBurns' CivilWar): ConstitutionOfConfederacy outlawed InternationalSlaveTrade. Fact: Abe thought abolustionists extreme -
@BoingBoing Fact: Lincoln used CivilWar WarPowers to constrain inflammatory#media (which had made lunacy of CivilWar "necessary") -
@BoingBoing Fact: In 1845,#media learned now to use telegraph & high-speed printers to#profit by inflaming ["immoral"]#MexicanAmericanWar -
@BoingBoing Fact (via Slate): 96% of slaves sold in Americas were NOT sold in North America. -
@BoingBoing REALITY: Like everyone else, America would have gotten rid of slavery WITHOUT CivilWar IF NOT FOR PROFITEERING MEDIA MakingAMess -
@BoingBoing Fact: Stonewall Jackson's 1st slave ASKED Jackson to buy him to help facilitate his freedom.
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@BoingBoing They're not just wrong; they are deliberately lying.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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