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<blockquote data-quote="RBPerry" data-source="post: 75926437" data-attributes="member: 340667"><p>Last night I was able to have a conversation with an old friend that is a retired history professor from UCLA. Since history isn’t and never has been one of my main interests or studies, I decided to get his insights.</p><p></p><p>My question to him. I am engaged in a debate, was the civil war started due to slavery?</p><p></p><p>He laughed, and said I know where these types of debates are headed. You want to know the truth; it was over separation of the confederacy with the union and taxation. However today many are claiming it was strictly over slavery.</p><p></p><p>What you need to look at is recruitment of the military. If you had told the average northern that they were going to fight to free the slaves most wound not have volunteered. If you had told the average southern, they were going to fight to keep slaves, they would not have volunteered. When Lincoln realized we were headed for war with the south, most recruitments were about the Indian problems. Yes, Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, but he also knew that could not be the battle cry. My friend claims to have some copies of recruitment posters from that era, when he sends me copies I will post them.</p><p></p><p>I must stand by my belief that the civil war started due to other issues than slavery even though that was one of the main political issues. </p><p></p><p>Remember less then a century before we fought England, and taxation was the catalyst that started that war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RBPerry, post: 75926437, member: 340667"] Last night I was able to have a conversation with an old friend that is a retired history professor from UCLA. Since history isn’t and never has been one of my main interests or studies, I decided to get his insights. My question to him. I am engaged in a debate, was the civil war started due to slavery? He laughed, and said I know where these types of debates are headed. You want to know the truth; it was over separation of the confederacy with the union and taxation. However today many are claiming it was strictly over slavery. What you need to look at is recruitment of the military. If you had told the average northern that they were going to fight to free the slaves most wound not have volunteered. If you had told the average southern, they were going to fight to keep slaves, they would not have volunteered. When Lincoln realized we were headed for war with the south, most recruitments were about the Indian problems. Yes, Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, but he also knew that could not be the battle cry. My friend claims to have some copies of recruitment posters from that era, when he sends me copies I will post them. I must stand by my belief that the civil war started due to other issues than slavery even though that was one of the main political issues. Remember less then a century before we fought England, and taxation was the catalyst that started that war. [/QUOTE]
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