Read the Book Before You Comment

[Rebforever]

100% corect, the North didn't go to war to end slavery or free the slaves, though a small minority might have had that aim as well... But, that is not saying that slavery was not threaded thru almost every other cause of the war, or that the main difference that drove the two sides apart was slavery..It also doesn't mean that the South didn't go to war to preserve slavery from being intefered with by free states.

Thanks for the truth and the opinion.

 

[Rebforever]

We have seen most of these silly questions before.
But not sure if I have seen anyone ask this one:
"If the Union wanted to end slavery, why didn't it just pass a Constitutional amendment"
Awesome idea. Wonder why no one has thought of that before.

She will be back if those that discuss want to discuss the book. But so far, no one has read the book!

 

[nitrofd]

The author lives in Charleston, S.C. and yesterday the Southern Heritage Preservation Group had a rally at the battery in Charleston.there is a video of the event on facebook from Channel 5 News and all you see are confederate battle flags all over the place.it was Bubba heaven,

 

[Rebforever]

The author lives in Charleston, S.C. and yesterday the Southern Heritage Preservation Group had a rally at the battery in Charleston.there is a video of the event on facebook from Channel 5 News and all you see are confederate battle flags all over the place.it was Bubba heaven,

What do you mean bubba heaven?

 

[wilber6150]

Did you read the book per OP?

Actually yes did you before you started posting?

 

[wilber6150]

Thanks for the truth and the opinion.

And not opinion since everyting I posted can be backed up by historical documents, and as we have debated endlessly on here...

 

[Rebforever]

And not opinion since everyting I posted can be backed up by historical documents, and as we have debated endlessly on here...

Did you read the book as per the OP?

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Have you read the book as the OP request?

That would be a waste of whatever hours of my life that it would take to do so that I can never get back, as well as a waste of cerebral cortex. I have no reason to waste a single moment reading more trite Lost Cause dreck and neo-Confederate BS, thank you very much. If you want to waste your time, that's your business. But for me: thanks, but no thanks.

 

[Rebforever]

Actually yes did you before you started posting?

If you had read what I posted earlier you would know the answer to that.

 

[Jamieva]

The have you read the book yet responses are getting tiresome and redundant. There is no indication she would come back from her trolling even if someone had read it as she made 1 post and ran away.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

The Book Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States is an excellent book with excellent documentation. Why did so many people comment on it without reading it? I found it extremely interesting.

If the war was about slavery, why did the north have five slave states fighting against slavery?

If the war was about slavery, why did Lincoln not free the slaves in the north?

Why did the Mayor of New York City want to join the Confederacy?

If the Union wanted to end slavery, why didn't it just pass a Constitutional amendment?

There is no doubt that the Constitution gives the southern states the right to secede from the Union, but where did the Union get the right to invade the South?

Why was the Aims Resolutions established and passed by the Northern Congress in July, 1861? "That this war is not wage upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with thee right or institutions (slavery) of the States but to defent and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution(which allowed and protected slavery)..."

There's more in this book... see what the Presidents Sec. of State said about freeing the slaves or why did General Grant have slaves if he was fighting to free them?

Welcome from Cincinnati, Ohio!

My best advice is to read the Declarations of Secession (Causes) penned by the Confederate States of America's founding fathers before you read this book. They will advise the reader beyond a shadow of a doubt on why they seceeded from the United States of America.

Slavery caused the rebellion and the rebellion was the war.

Bill

 

[nitrofd]

What do you mean bubba heaven?

I guess rebforever,you really do not know the south.in this part bubba is a term of affection.everybody is a bubba.

What do you mean bubba heaven?

 

[wilber6150]

Did you read the book as per the OP?

And if you read what I posted then you would no the answer to that...

 

[Boopsie]

Welcome! Keep coming, it gets better.

 

[wilber6150]

And for our Lost Cause members, how can you support a book without reading it..

 

[James B White]

Have you read the book as the OP request?

No, of course not. One, I don't follow instructions from random people on the internet unless they offer some benefit to me, and two, the OP clearly indicates the book is highly slanted toward what northerners believed/were told at the start of the war. I don't need to read a book to learn that; I'd rather read original documents such as what you posted, then also read the southern view, rather than just being told one side.

 

[Boopsie]

BTW...along the respected notion of reading, etc, I am suggesting some of you might be interested in a YouTube video I came across when finding Lorena, another thread topic, but anyway its called: What the South was really fighting for. It's 3 minutes, 10 seconds long, and I think it provides a clue, for me anyway and I think others who are new to this forum might agree, as to another perspective I didn't know about. Just sharing, and if you read this thread and view that short clip, you might understand why I chose to share in a post.

 

[John Hartwell]

BTW...along the respected notion of reading, etc, I am suggesting some of you might be interested in a YouTube video I came across when finding Lorena, another thread topic, but anyway its called: What the South was really fighting for. It's 3 minutes, 10 seconds long, and I think it provides a clue, for me anyway and I think others who are new to this forum might agree, as to another perspective I didn't know about. Just sharing, and if you read this thread and view that short clip, you might understand why I chose to share in a post.

Where is this YouTube video? How do I find it?

 

[Boopsie]

Welcome!

 

[Boopsie]

Thanks for asking, because I deleted the post when I thought I double posted my reply. I was looking and listened to Lorena, my fav CWEra tune, surprised to find that on YouTube. That's how I came across this video...set to music (another great CW era tune) and you can find it by searching this title: What the South was really fighting for. Let me know your thoughts, and I hope some other newbies, like me, enjoy this Forum. I admit, it can be passionate here. Thanks