A Confederate Monument with numerous interesting inscriptions has stood proudly beside the Tyrrell County Courthouse in Columbia, North Carolina for more than a century. One of the top panels of the Monument honors "Faithful Slaves." This is a reminder that there was not a single major slave uprising during the War for Southern Independence, although countless Southern homes, plantations and farms were left in the care of black servants while the men were away at war. This was in spite of Abraham Lincoln's declared best effort to cause an insurrection in which the blacks would murder innocent white women, children, and old men while the able bodied men were gone. Tens of thousands of black men, both slave and free, were also fighting for the Confederacy - defending their homes against the aggressive Yankee invaders.
I've been told or read at least a thousand times that the North fought to free the slaves and the South fought to defend slavery. That's odd, because I've visited and photographed hundreds of monuments to the War Between the States and have NEVER seen a Confederate Monument that says the South fought to protect slavery, nor have I seen a Union Monument that says the North fought to free the slaves. And that's after visiting 3,055 of the 3,142 counties in The U.S.A.
Apparently, the myth that the War of Northern Aggression was all about freeing the slaves is just that - a myth. The historical records make it clear that the slavery issue was interjected into the war long after the Yankees invaded the South, motivated by greed and a lust for power.
You are right, the South did not fight to protect slavery. THey fought to expand it, as proved below.
ReplyDeletePlus, the North did not fight to end slavery -- they fought to stop the violent rebels in the South from spreading slavery and destroying the union.
Southern leaders -- AFTER they seceded in March of 1861 -- were still in Montgomery Alabama.
They issued five ULTIMATUMS of the North.
Never heard of these demands? Strange - -because the South sure knew of them, and celebrated them. Read these demands here, or look them up yourself -- and tell me what the South was about.
The Southern Newspapers, proudly and loudly, reported these Ultimatums on page one. Headlines -- in fact, the Richmond Newspaper headline about the Ultimatums was "THE TRUE ISSUE"
RICHMOND ENQUIRER MARCH 23, 1861.
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THE TRUE ISSUE
The ultimatum of the seceded States is left in no uncertainty; it is to be found in the solemn action of the Montgomery Constitution and may be analyzed as follows:
That African slavery in the Territories shall be recognized and protected by Congress and the Territorial Legislatures.
That the right to slaveholders of transit and sojourn, with their slaves and other property, shall be recognized and respected.
That the provision in regard to fugitive slaves shall extend to any slave lawfully carried from one State into another, and there escaping or taken away from his master.
That no bill or ex post facto law (by Congress or any State,) and no law impairing or denying the right of property in negro slaves, shall be passed.
That the African slave trade shall be prohibited by such laws of Congress as shall effectually prevent the same.
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You can see the quote yourself click Five Southern Ultimatums
Five out of five demands -- all about slavery.
You can look up the Richmond newspaper yourself -- or you can read it here. .
There was no way Lincoln could give them their demands. Read what the demands were -- and see why he could could not comply.
All five ultimatums were about slavery -- the FIRST one, was that the North itself had to spread slavery into the territories. That's right -- the NORTH, the US, had to spread slavery into the territories. The Congress and President of the US had to "recognize and protect" slavery in the territories.
Keep in mind, Kansas had JUST voted against slavery 98%-2%. In fact, Kansas had just waged a bloody war AGAINST the thugs and terrorist sent by the South to spread slavery in Kansas.
The FIRST demand, was to spread slavery into the territories.
If you know history of 1820-1860, this should be no surprise.
For four decades the South had been using violence and threats to spread slavery. These Ulitmatums were simply an articulation of what they had been demanding -- and using violence to get -- all along.
Wow - wonder why you never heard of the Five Ultimatums? Probably for the same reason you never heard about the South's 40 year reign of terror leading up to 1861.
Brock's statutory research methods are a monumental farce.
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