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If they cited against the revolution they were traitors to their fellow colonists.
Agree with caveats because of a lack of a wider context, and lacking nuanced arguments (no time here?).Poor yankees didnt have much choice either
Once drafted into the army they had to serve or die by firing squad
In fact whites on both sides generally believed blacks were inferior
Which course was the true definition of racism
Yes, but...Slavery was a very important issue but not the only one
White sharecroppers had no vested interest in the slave economy40 percent of the population was in bondage
Cotton was king and provided an overwhelming percentage of the southern economy. Slaves were the key to that economy.
Whether you owned slaves or not, you still benefit from that economy
They didn't benefit from a slave culture of white superiority.White sharecroppers had no vested interest in the slave economy
They were quite poor, owned no slaves, and lived almost 100% off the land they farmed
Zzzz.You still haven't proven it with a link from an actual news organization.
No back up required. You’re busy arguing about stuff I’ve never claimed.Sure,..
You'd Better cal for backup ... BackAgain ??? Koolaid Fellows calling...
The Lost Cause
SUMMARY
The Lost Cause is an interpretation of the American Civil War (1861–1865) that seeks to present the war from the perspective of Confederates and in the best possible terms. Developed by white Southerners, many of them former Confederate generals, in a postwar climate of economic, racial, and social uncertainty, the Lost Cause created and romanticized the “Old South” and the Confederate war effort, often distorting history in the process. For this reason, many historians have labeled the Lost Cause a myth or a legend. It is an important example of public memory, one in which nostalgia for the Confederate past is accompanied by a collective forgetting of the horrors of slavery. Providing a sense of relief to white Southerners who feared being dishonored by defeat, the Lost Cause was largely accepted in the years following the war by white Americans who found it to be a useful tool in reconciling North and South. The Lost Cause has lost much of its academic support but continues to be an important part of how the Civil War is commemorated in the South and remembered in American popular culture.
In This Entry
Contributor: Caroline E. Janney
- Six Tenets
- Origins of the Lost Cause
- Following Lee’s Death
- Mainstreaming of the Lost Cause
- External Links
- Map
- Timeline
- Further Reading
Six Tenets
The above is false.The residents of the states that seceded were no longer required to be loyal to the USA any more than the Founders, once they made the Declaration of Independence were required to be loyal to King George.
The Founders had no legal right to secede from England, but judged the British government to be oppressive, abusive, and non representative of the concerns and needs of the people. And it was the same oppressiveness, abusiveness, and non representative of the concerns and needs of the southern states that ultimately prompted their decision to secede.
From the Declaration of Independence:
"WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . ."
Whether or not the seceding states were right or wrong in their complaints is irrelevant. Their complaints were never addressed. In America's bloodiest war they were defeated and forced to remain in the union. They did not attain parity in political power until they gained sufficient population to be a political force.
But all sides of that debate should be part of American history and taught to every citizen who should understand it all and in the process understand the need for the electoral college and what the Founders intended the government to be.
To destroy or do away with historical monuments and markers that progressives don't like is not only unAmerican but irresponsible and borders on evil.
No back up required. You’re busy arguing about stuff I’ve never claimed.
But you’re too retarded to notice.
Zzz. I have been BackAgain. I was Liability. I was Ilar. I’ve never had a sock account. And you are a faggot and a liar. Same old story.What is it you usually say? Oh yeah -- irrelevant.
We do have archives at our disposal and we know most of your scream names and sock puppets.
Not muchThey didn't benefit from a slave culture of white superiority.
Hilarious
Again your ignorance of history is astounding...lol.White sharecroppers had no vested interest in the slave economy
They were quite poor, owned no slaves, and lived almost 100% off the land they farmed
There were no benefits attached to being a poor whitethey still held a position of racial superiority and all the benefits it entailed over Black people.
... other than being repeatedly that "at least you ain't black, evah".There were no benefits attached to being a poor white
I just listed them,,,I can't help your ignorance of history.There were no benefits attached to being a poor white
That does not put food on the table... other than being repeatedly that "at least you ain't black, evah".
See post 517I just listed them,,,I can't help your ignorance of history.
... but it makes you feel better that you are not black.That does not put food on the table
By "white crack BS" you must mean facts. Only a prog retard would call facts BS or a waste of time.You're wasting your time here, feeding people white cracker bs
You suck
