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Our stooges can make or quote some really ignorant statements and then wave them in front of us.
That is a totally false statement by a racist General that also once said:
That one star General was completely ignoring history.
During the Revolution, the French abolished slavery in 1794 and again in 1849. The British Empire abolished the slave trade in 1807 and all slavery in 1833. The U.S. outlawed the importation of slaves on 01/01/1808. In 1861 there were 33 States and only 11 of those allowed slavery and seceded. Slavery was on its deathbed LONG before the Civil War.
The total population of the U.S. in 1860 was 33.4 million. The population of the Confederacy was 5.5 million "free," and 3.5 million enslaved (Civil War Facts - National Park Service). So essentially you had about 23 million people from a rich and industrial region against 5.5 million farmers. Cannons Vs. pitchforks, invading hordes vs people fighting for their homes and livelihoods. Some were rich plantation owners, most were poor dirt farmers trying to defend a few acres and their sod homes and log shacks. In many of the battles the Confederates were out manned, out gunned, and out supplied. In the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the confederate infantry were given a handful of parched corn, 4 rounds of ammo for their rifles. They forced marched 50 miles from Fort Smith through the mountains and met the Union Army. The rebels had approximately 14 smooth barreled cannons (range 6-800 yards) against 30 Parrot rifled guns (range 1,200-1600 yards). The outcome was predictable.
Slavery was an institution that was dying world wide and Fort Sumter had nothing to do with it.
The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery...
Let the law of kindness be your guide. Thus acting, you will soon obtain their (blacks) confidence; you will then find them docile, impressionable, fully imbued with the spirit of subordination.
During the Revolution, the French abolished slavery in 1794 and again in 1849. The British Empire abolished the slave trade in 1807 and all slavery in 1833. The U.S. outlawed the importation of slaves on 01/01/1808. In 1861 there were 33 States and only 11 of those allowed slavery and seceded. Slavery was on its deathbed LONG before the Civil War.
The total population of the U.S. in 1860 was 33.4 million. The population of the Confederacy was 5.5 million "free," and 3.5 million enslaved (Civil War Facts - National Park Service). So essentially you had about 23 million people from a rich and industrial region against 5.5 million farmers. Cannons Vs. pitchforks, invading hordes vs people fighting for their homes and livelihoods. Some were rich plantation owners, most were poor dirt farmers trying to defend a few acres and their sod homes and log shacks. In many of the battles the Confederates were out manned, out gunned, and out supplied. In the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the confederate infantry were given a handful of parched corn, 4 rounds of ammo for their rifles. They forced marched 50 miles from Fort Smith through the mountains and met the Union Army. The rebels had approximately 14 smooth barreled cannons (range 6-800 yards) against 30 Parrot rifled guns (range 1,200-1600 yards). The outcome was predictable.
Slavery was an institution that was dying world wide and Fort Sumter had nothing to do with it.
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