Our nation and its leaders must never be afraid to speak the truth about our past.
@georgetakei
It most certainly was about states rights. For people to own slaves.
@drakenblackknight @georgetakei Which was important for the Southern Lifestyle of the top %1 in the Southern States.
But they managed to make it sound like Slavery was something that benefitted the common white man, which considering that slaves were more or less a “luxury article” back then, and a capital investment for the big landowner.
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But it was the 99% that did the dying in the Civil War.