This is lost cause propaganda. The confederacy split because of slavery first, every thing was a later justification. The first usage of the term “states rights” wasn’t until after the war was over.
Not that bringing this up in isolation to other facts isn’t propaganda, an encroachment onto the rights of the state of South Carolina was their stated reason for seccession.
Were the rights they were upset over racist? Absolutely. Were they contradictory? Well, it calls out the fugitive slave act explicitly, so in my opinion, another yes.
They were always racist pieces of shit. However! The states’ rights argument has been there since the near beginning. A right to support a horrific tragedy, but still, let’s be factual in our contempt. There really is no need to embellish when the evidence is already that damning.
This is lost cause propaganda. The confederacy split because of slavery first, every thing was a later justification. The first usage of the term “states rights” wasn’t until after the war was over.
Not that bringing this up in isolation to other facts isn’t propaganda, an encroachment onto the rights of the state of South Carolina was their stated reason for seccession.
Were the rights they were upset over racist? Absolutely. Were they contradictory? Well, it calls out the fugitive slave act explicitly, so in my opinion, another yes.
They were always racist pieces of shit. However! The states’ rights argument has been there since the near beginning. A right to support a horrific tragedy, but still, let’s be factual in our contempt. There really is no need to embellish when the evidence is already that damning.