"African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing." Jefferson Davis
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@mulmye: I'm not a fan of Jefferson Davis, but I do respect other Confederate Generals and Leaders. The Confederacy knew that slavery was coming to an end. The Confederate Constitution even banned the further importation of slaves.Contrary to the popular thought, the Civil War was NOT about slavery. If you think it was, then please explain the five border states that were slave states but chose to fight with the north. Slavery became an issue during the war when President Lincoln needed a respectable morale boost to the north so they would still support the war. The north had gotten tired of the war and balked at continuing to pay for it. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is hailed as the document that freed the slaves. In reality, it was legally worthless but it did boost morale in the north and Lincoln hoped that slaves in the south would rebel, requiring Confederate soldiers to be pulled from the line to control a rebellion(s). This tactic only worked on a very small basis. The Emancipation Proclamation was like the USA writing a law to restrict something in Canada. In the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln only banned slavery in the Confederate states, NOT in the five border states. That's the main reason that, as the war was coming to an end, Lincoln put so much effort into getting the 13th Amendment pushed through Congress. The movie "Lincoln" focuses on this effort and is a great movie.
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