The American Civil War Museum’s CEO on the Myths That Persist About Our National Conflict

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This came out today I think it's very interesting and I'm sure many can debate about it.
I myself found near the end of it a surprising statement: "Northerners tend to dismiss the conflict into this sort of, ‘We won and we’re done and we freed the slaves.’ Really? Did you? Where’s the black agency? The South absolutely went to war to preserve slavery, but the North didn’t go to war to end slavery. It was the actions of black people and their allies that would change the war’s aim and we miss it because it’s never been presented to us this way."

Enjoy- The entire article here: https: //observer.com/2019/05/christy-coleman-american-civil-war-museum-ceo-on-the-wars-myths-interview/
 
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