PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago"Well, this may be one of the worst causes known to man, but we're at least doing it in our own self-interest, right?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1224arrow-down1image"Well, this may be one of the worst causes known to man, but we're at least doing it in our own self-interest, right?"lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoThere was also plenty of propaganda from the CSA about how if slaves were freed, they’d kill the whites. So some average Joe’s may have been fighting for the safety of themselves and their families against an imagined threat of freed slaves.
There was also plenty of propaganda from the CSA about how if slaves were freed, they’d kill the whites. So some average Joe’s may have been fighting for the safety of themselves and their families against an imagined threat of freed slaves.