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minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 months agoExactly. The Confederate States’ Constitution explicitly mentions and regulates slavery throughout the document. It was 100% about slavery. Anyone who says “states’ rights” without mentioning slavery is either an ignorant turd or a racist POS.
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoIt is was not 100% about slavery. It’s worse than that because it was also about the fear of treating black people like political equals, and black men having sex with their pure white daughters.
Exactly. The Confederate States’ Constitution explicitly mentions and regulates slavery throughout the document.
It was 100% about slavery.
Anyone who says “states’ rights” without mentioning slavery is either an ignorant turd or a racist POS.
It is was not 100% about slavery. It’s worse than that because it was also about the fear of treating black people like political equals, and black men having sex with their pure white daughters.