I have no idea who Edward Ayers is, and don’t really care
by sprack (2023-12-29 13:23:28)
Edited on 2023-12-29 14:16:43

In reply to: "For the fundamentalist, slavery is front and center;  posted by EricCartman

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There was a hundred years of the opposite, the “Lost Cause” myth.

In any case, I think the argument that the North was not interested in eliminating slavery is a) hair-splitting and b) is treating northern opinion as a monolith.

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