slavery

Forum Post if the south had been allowed to go-how long would slavery h...
Where is slavery today in this country? I thought we were talking about slavery in American. In some country there has always been slavery but in American slavery is dead...
Forum Post Slavery
The Civil War was never, not about slavery! In fact the South was mainly a farming economy with rural farmers who answered the call to arms in order to repel Northern agression. Slavery had been aboli...
Blog Post not about slavery
...s 150 years ago put forth some resolutions to the us senate on the political and constitutional aspects of slavery-that slavery is legal in state and territories-fugitive slaves shall be returned-leav...
Forum Post Slavery...
Who's knowledgeable of the 19th century imperial push in Africa?
Blog Comment john browns hanging
...if freedom would have been achieved other wise?" Almost every other nation in the western world ended slavery without a war. Cuba abolished slavery in 1886, Brazil in 1888. Were they just more ci...
Forum Post If There Were Another Attempt To Secede - what could be learned from History?
how do you know slavery was on way out?alot of money was involved how would slave ownwers be compensated?the first thing south carolina did in their constitutions -made slavery legal,etc. the ultamate...
Forum Post Could the original draft of the Declaration of Independence averted the Civil War?
... liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into a slavery..this piratical warfare...determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought...
Forum Post history 111
...asnt uncommon for masters to impregnent the slave women to father more slaves,their own blood was given to slavery,their own sons and daughters into slavery....
Forum Post what lead the north and south to war?
Some people say it was slavery and some say it was states rights. I think it was a little of both.
Forum Post john brown is 59 years old on may 9th 1859 the past nine yea...
...ears has seen his prosperity dwindle while his family grew.five of his sons must have felt as he did about slavery for they went first to kansas-a battle ground brewing over slave versus free soil,owe...
Forum Post When did it become legal for African Americans to own property?
...f blacks that owned slaves in louisanna actually "owned" family members to keep them from actual slavery.i would like to know more...
Forum Post Causes of war?
...the Civil War,i was just wondering what you think the main causes of it were?We all know the big issue was slavery,but were there any other issues of importance?...
Forum Post what if ?
...and hardly any one was killed. but the results would have been the same-the south brought to her knees and slavery stopped...
Forum Post 3 most important aspects of Civil War to understand
...south,in the north solidifying the usa,possibly the tariff issue,mistrust on both sides.later abolition of slavery.at the end the usa is aworld power.all can agree the cw is one of the dumbest things ...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...?
... end of 1862-plus britain had given up on slave trade along time before-would they reconize a country with slavery,trent affair was best chance but cooler heads prevailed.south had to go it alone...
Blog Comment The Gunboats
...al at times but lean north and south on occasion -never-never would have fought for a nation that defended slavery and besides i like to eat. the yankees had better supply.wood never led cavarly rank...
Blog Post Something About the Pre-war Debates
...t I came across this discussion about the relative differences between Lincoln and Roger B. Taney on the slavery issue. Taney wrote the opinion for the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford (18...
Forum Post Question I have always wondered...
...apon.in louisana where some free blacks owned slaves[usually family members or friends to keep them out of slavery]marriage could have happened[i dont know alot about this]-and i think the majority of...
Blog Comment hallowed ground ?
... the combination seems disinclined to protect Southern battlefields and landmarks, as if to do so supports slavery, southern oldtime beliefs, and racism. I don't know what to do. Starbucks, Walmart, 7...
Forum Post Sugggestion
...rest them. I would suggest such topic headings as specific battles, general war discussions, secession, slavery and maybe even separate topics for some of the more well known officers, both North a...
 

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