Why do some people claim the civil war in the South wasn't about slavery?

Do they realize they can be proud of being from the South without flying a flag that supports slavery, they claim it's Southern pride and heritage to fly it.

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Royricky09 ·

Agree with @Pretzel

Northwest · M

Why do some people claim the civil war in the South wasn't about slavery?

The civil war was not in the South. Battles were fought in Southern States, Northern States, Border and western territories.

And it was not about slavery, it was about preserving the Union on the Northern side, and state rights on the Southern side.

Eventually it resulted in the emancipation proclaiming.

Today, flying the Dixie Flag probably means you're racist, despite any excuses you may make.

Pretzel · 70-79, M

well there was a line of thought that it was about "state's rights".

and that seemed plausible - until you realized that the right that they most wanted to preserve ...

was the right town slaves.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@Pretzel It's also a great irony that the largest trigger was that they wanted to deny the right of northern states to stop slave hunters from hunting slaves within their own borders. That was actually the issue of the day that was inciting them.

Pretzel · 70-79, M

@ViciDraco I did a real quick search so not sure how accurate but something that amazed me...

75% of the people didn't own slaves
that means that 75% of the population went to war, fought and died for the rich people - which seems to be kind of a pattern in human history.

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