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Sometimes, the Best Answer is the Direct Answer
The answer to why the Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861-1865 lies in the first sentence of this secession document for the state that Nikki Haley governed for six years from 2011-2017.
By the way, Charleston — the most populous city in the State of South Carolina — is referred to as the “Capital of American Slavery.” See the below graphic from National Geographic magazine.
Slave Dealers in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Four hundred years ago the first slave ship docked on North American shores, launching a chapter of the trans-Atlantic trade that saw more than 12.5 million people kidnapped from Africa and sold at ports throughout the Americas. In the United States, their story begins with the Portuguese ship San Juan Bautista, which picked up 350 captured people in what is now Angola in 1619.
In the years following, ships transported at least 400,000 slaves from Africa to ports in New England and the southern states. Their free labor allowed the tobacco, cotton, and sugar industires to flourish. The importation of slaves was banned in 1808, but the trade continued. In 1860, a United States census counted nearly four million enslaved people living in the country.
The Civil War was fought between abolitionists and the pro-slavery Confederacy, until the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in 1863. Two years later, the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment officially abolished the practice and ended 246 years of slavery.
Slavery, as It Was
Q. What Do You Want Me to Do?
A. Just answer the damn question fully and accurately!
The Fantasy Version of Slavery
Attribution for the above graphic: Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC
Not a Difficult Answer
Just gimme an S, L, and V. There, all done!
The Harsh Reality
The Last Time a Presidential Contender Opined on Slavery
It was only a few months ago that I posted a diary about slavery — Ron DeSantis Clarifies Slavery Benefits — The Week in Editorial Cartoons.
As I wrote in that diary.
Is Ron DeSantis politically tone deaf or stupid, or just plain racist?
As President Joe Biden was announcing a national monument for Emmett Till — whose senseless murder in 1955 was a major spark for the Civil Right Movement — DeSantis was presenting a connvulated explanation for the benefits derived by African-American slaves and defending history teaching methods in the State of Floriduh.
Don’t Make Me Repeat It!
I Didn’t Know That
Ron DeSantis: Slavery Had Its Benefits
The Hidden Power of Plants
Not What She Desired
Marching Orders from Joe Biden
What This is All About — Kissing the MAGA Ring
Trump as the Martyred Saint
Rudy to the Rescue
Wrong Target
The Tally
The Choice is Clear
Vote for Me, Or…
Apologists, Inc.
His Future
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