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To: ATX 1985

Slavery was not the original issue though. I don’t want to say slavery was secondary, but states rights, trade restrictions were what the original score was.


161 posted on 03/31/2010 4:30:19 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: prairiebreeze

Considering the overt racist policies in the North and South well into the 1960s, pretty much proves to me that the average Union solider did not leave his home to fight for some sort of 21st century “Politically Correct” notion of fighting “racism and oppression”.


180 posted on 03/31/2010 4:44:13 PM PDT by IDRATHERNOT
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