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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
No, it isn't. The "States Rights" argument was just an excuse to preserve slavery and the power base of wealthy, white plantation owners.
The South lost in what was but the second victory of the American Revolution.
The Confederacy was about as honorable as the Nazis and all other tyrants.
May they all burn in hell.
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One of the things that the South objected to was the anti-slavery states
exercising their state's right to forbid the practice of slavery within their borders. When the Southern slave owners wanted to escape the summer heat for places like Newport, RI, they couldn't bring their slaves along to see to their needs.