Now, you all quit with the TRUTH. Birdy will get his knickers all in a twist.
No inconsiderable amount of irony in that statement considering the responses.
Sir, I am just quoting verbatim and entirely in-context from the text you recommended <"shrug">
Anyhoo... the fact of the Northern States freeing their slaves during or shortly after the Revolution was included because it seems most of you guys would like to write out any moral considerations at the time from the equation entirely.
At least all of you guys have been obliged to backpedal and now talk in terms of slavery not being an ONLY cause of secession (as opposed to NOT the cause) while repeatedly and falsely accusing me of stating the same
Probably other causes will be addressed later in the book I dunno.
Stay tuned and thanks again for the book reference.
Birdwatcher
The Tindall and Shi book is a good general US History book not a definitive History of or study of the Civil War and its causes.
Big difference between the two.
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