What was the Civil War fought over?
It’s interesting, its taught in school that the #civilwar was fought over slavery when it fact, it was fought over persevering the union of the United States. #440negroes #documentary #film #history #1619project
While the south fought the civil war for slavery and you can read the Articles of Succession for pretty much every state, you can read the cornerstone speech and you will see that the south fought the civil war over slavery and the right to own slaves. I think it’s important to say that the north did not necessarily fight this war over abolition. The North fought the civil war to maintain the cohesion of the Union and the economic benefits of having the agrarian south feeding into the Northen industry. It was not really an abolitionist war, abolition was a wonderful thing that came out of the war.
