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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Civil War was about states' rights.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ah, a fellow southerner. I fled Texas as soon as I could.

[โ€“] nebula42 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait if it wasn't about the right to own slaves then what was it about?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It was about states' rights to own slaves. But my school system conveniently left that part out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was about states' rights (to own slaves).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was about states' rights...to own slaves...