John in Central VA's Comments
Two major errors regarding the Civil War. First:
"The main things that led the Civil War were economic issues and slavery was only a part of these problems. When the economic tensions got too hot, the South fought for its independence and the North fought to preserve the Union. Most Northerners didn’t care about slavery all that much and many Southerners simply couldn’t afford to own slaves."
Slavery was THE reason the South seceded. (Agreed that the Union didn't fight back for the benefit of the slaves.) Have a look at the articles of secession for the four states that published them: It's all about slavery. Good summaries include:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010703178.html
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2010/04/commemorating-confederate-history-month.html
It doesn't matter that most white Southerners didn't own slaves: They still did not want the slaves all around them to be free, to be their co-workers and neighbors and equals.
"The main things that led the Civil War were economic issues and slavery was only a part of these problems. When the economic tensions got too hot, the South fought for its independence and the North fought to preserve the Union. Most Northerners didn’t care about slavery all that much and many Southerners simply couldn’t afford to own slaves."
Slavery was THE reason the South seceded. (Agreed that the Union didn't fight back for the benefit of the slaves.) Have a look at the articles of secession for the four states that published them: It's all about slavery. Good summaries include:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010703178.html
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2010/04/commemorating-confederate-history-month.html
It doesn't matter that most white Southerners didn't own slaves: They still did not want the slaves all around them to be free, to be their co-workers and neighbors and equals.
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Nice collection, but they missed the oddest one of all: George Takei's role as "Ricardio," an evil disembodied heart, in the cartoon series "Adventure Time."
Sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OBKYENaZA&feature=related
Sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OBKYENaZA&feature=related
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"The entire speech was merely a way to help de-motivate blacks who were fighting for the South so the North could get an advantage."
There were NO blacks fighting for the South. That is a myth created at the time by some Northern leaders in an attempt to motivate Northern blacks to sign up, and more recently by neo-Confederates to convince people that the Confederacy wasn't racist (it was).
An excellent post on this:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/black-confederates-cont/65488/
Please do a little bit more checking next time! Thanks.