Saphroneth
Lt. Colonel
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2017
But they didn't? At least, they can't be summed up in such a simple way.It was no great secret the upper classes supported the confederacy they also controlled the newspapers.
There was a faction which was pro-Confederate, yes, but there was also a faction that was pro-Union - and there was a faction which was anti-slavery, some of whom probably felt more offended by Union anti-slavery measures being reversed than they did by the Confederates just going on with the system that already existed. And there was a significant part of the discussion around mediation which was associated with ending the bloodshed, including trying to avoid a servile uprising in the South (as this was seen as likely to cause massive bloodshed and be worse for the slaves than the continuation of the existing situation).