"War of Northern Agression" v. "Slaveholders' Rebellion"-Only one is historically correct

Pat Young

Brev. Brig. Gen'l
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I did a Google Ngram search for the terms "War of Northern Aggression" and "Slaveholders' Rebellion" to see which was more commonly used in books at the time of the American Civil War and during the years immediately afterward. One is modern, the other was used 150 years ago. Here is what I found:

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