Slavery in the North as bad as it was in the South
A recent writer, almost telling the truth, theorizes that
the indelible association of the Confederacy with slavery discourages people
from celebrating the Confederacy today.
Why does this indelible association exist?
Why was the recently award winning move “Twelve Years a
Slave” depicted in Louisiana? A similar
story could have been set in the North a hundred years earlier just as
veraciously. A truthful documentary
could easily be made about the 150 years that slavery was exploited in the New
England states, including New York, Massachusetts, et al, prior to its
short-lived existence in Alabama and Mississippi.
Why hasn’t there been a movie made about Congress
authorizing George Washington to pick the location for constructing our
Capitol, which he did in close proximity to several large plantations for easy
access to many slaves? Our Capitol was
built with slave labor.
The media addresses slavery in only a Southern context when
it was just as rampant in the North for a much longer period of time than in
most Southern states.
The writer attributes the causes of the war to secession and
slavery. Secession only was the
cause. The true catalysts for secession
can be found in the few differences in the Confederate and U.S. Constitutions. Slavery and secession were legal by both. The
Confederate Constitution specifically prohibited the central government from
meddling in private enterprise. Imagine
no stimulus packages, no union favoritism and no redistribution of wealth.
Agenda-driven mendacities pervade our American history
forum.
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