1/ There was no "right" side in the War of Northern Aggression. The north fought to end slavery (provisionally, in conquered territories, not its own) and to preserve centralized hegemonic rule. The south fought to exercise the right of secession...and preserve slavery.https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/status/981143454553174016 …
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2/ The North initiated a war that killed 3% of the population, large numbers of them civilians and involuntary draftees. Scaled to current population numbers, that's a civil war that killed 10.5 million citizens.
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3/ Every other country in the world managed to end slavery without killing 3% of its population. The UK did. Spain did. The Netherlands did. etc., etc. etc.
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4/ The Civil War was about status and control and centralization more than it was about slavery. Northern progressives were irate that rural southern rednecks were DOING THINGS WRONG, and if they had to murder 3% of the population to exert their dominance...well, they would.
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Did yout read the first tweet in my thread, where I said they seceded to preserve slavery?
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