It was the end of southern domination of the American political system.
Is it fair to say Virginia’s dominance of the American political system? Granted, it takes two to tango but Virginia was in the driver’s seat for many decades leading up to and following ratification of the Constitution.
The war was absolutely about slavery. The sad thing is most of the people who died didn’t have a hole to piss in. A rich man’s war fought by poor men.
Yes but the writing on the wall for slavery probably would have looked like a gradual process of reforms that slowly chipped away at enslaver power.
It was the end of southern domination of the American political system.
Technically, they are still dominating our political system through minority rule.
Is it fair to say Virginia’s dominance of the American political system? Granted, it takes two to tango but Virginia was in the driver’s seat for many decades leading up to and following ratification of the Constitution.
The war was absolutely about slavery. The sad thing is most of the people who died didn’t have a hole to piss in. A rich man’s war fought by poor men.
Off the top of my head I can’t think of a war where this wasn’t the case.
Quite a few revolutions but that’s it.