Quote Originally Posted by Taffy_is_a_Taff
Doc Bean:
when I wrote it was not about "slaves and their lack of rights" it was basically a less than clear way of me writing that the war was not about the rights(and lack thereof) of slaves.

It wasn't. The practice of slavery was one of many issues but the actual issue of slaves' conditions had relatively little to do with it.


Sorry if I wasn't clear.
Owkay


Quote Originally Posted by Taffy_is_a_Taff
Edit: does anybody know the proportion of freed slaves who ended up as screwed over sharecroppers once their freedom was granted?
99% of those who didn't move to the North ?
Those who moved to the North probably got screwed by other people. Although I think those states must have been a lot better for a former slave to live in.