You couldn't be more wrong about slavery. The slave trade was outlawed in 1807 in both the US and England. William Wilberforce was a leader in the movement to abolish slavery in England in the early 1800's. This spread to the US and the formation of the under-grown railroad. I am interested why you think the poor south supported the larger, more affluent North.
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Carl Spitzer <cwsiv@lavabit.com> wrote:
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 09:19 -0700, Alexander Chenault wrote:No its an America which is unapologetic for the past which is long dead.
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> This is disturbing. A southern version of the Jersey Shore is being
> proposed and the Gulf Shores, AL city government is trying to stop it
> from happening. The show would exaggerate the redneck image and
> feature pick-up, trucks, confederate flags, and lots of other
> offensive and racist humor. This is crazy!
As to the symbols of the South which rebelled over being screwed in the
tax code, to fund bailouts of northern industrial interests they had
every right to leave. Slavery was never the issue until Lincoln, then
loosing the war, made it one to prop up support for all the other evils
he was perpetrating under the excuse of the war. The worst of these
evils is with us today in the form of worthless paper currency which
enslaves us all.
for more read "Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free men"
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With respect, this is where actual, verifiable, History is an ally: slavery was not outlawed in the US until the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865 - not 1807.
Slavery in England had never been authorized by statute. In 1772 it was made unenforceable at common law by a decision of Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, but this decision did not apply in the American colonies. A number of cases for emancipation were presented to the English courts. Numerous runaways hoped to reach England where they hoped to be free. The slaves' belief that King George III was for them and against their masters rose as tensions increased before the American Revolution; colonial slave-holders feared a British-inspired slave revolt.
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