Yeah, poorly worded remark which lends itself to this least-charitable interpretation, as opposed to "it's an example of NHJ's narrative being wrong on the facts." But obviously erasing the abolitionist movement, in which blacks & whites worked together, is a far worse omission.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1399126717571244037 …
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Replying to @CathyYoung63
White abolitionists were always a small minority of white people and are not at the center of story of the struggle for black freedom. I'm sorry if this is an offense to white amour propre.
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Replying to @HistoryBoomer @CathyYoung63
The war aims of the union army were not abolition but union (see the name).
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I think Jeet is arguing that the war was about slavery for Southerners but not for Northerners
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Replying to @CathyYoung63 @HistoryBoomer
Exactly. At least at the start of the war (the North's war aims change, which is a crucial pivot point).
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If the North was OK with slavery, would there even be a war?
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I would ask you for the love of God to please read some history.
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