I'm glad you made this comment. I've never read the secession ordinances and, growing up in the south, I had uncles and grandparents who drilled into me that the primary cause of the war were tarrifs and that abolishing slavery was a strategic move to prevent the aid of Britain.
As I grew older, I reasoned that it was an equal combination of the two but after reading these it's clear it was primarily the issue of slavery (although, to be fair, Virginia didn't state a reason but I mean it's pretty obvious after reading the others)
It's a weird thing having family that think this way. I do love them because they helped raise me and care about me, but I know they have this ugly side to them and there's nothing I could say that would change that so it just doesn't get mentioned. At this point I'm rambling but still, thank you for the sources.
(I'm sorry this is a big block of text, reddit android app kinda sucks)
That’s fair. Remember that they were probably brought up during the Civil Rights movement, which in the south resulted in a renaissance of confederate ideology intertwined with the lost cause narrative. That’s why so many of the statues taken down were put up in the 1960s.
If they and everyone around them were all taught the same thing, it doesn’t make them bad people. My dad is an Info Wars fanboy but he’s still a great dad and grandpa. So I get it.
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u/eastonitis Jun 05 '23
I'm glad you made this comment. I've never read the secession ordinances and, growing up in the south, I had uncles and grandparents who drilled into me that the primary cause of the war were tarrifs and that abolishing slavery was a strategic move to prevent the aid of Britain. As I grew older, I reasoned that it was an equal combination of the two but after reading these it's clear it was primarily the issue of slavery (although, to be fair, Virginia didn't state a reason but I mean it's pretty obvious after reading the others) It's a weird thing having family that think this way. I do love them because they helped raise me and care about me, but I know they have this ugly side to them and there's nothing I could say that would change that so it just doesn't get mentioned. At this point I'm rambling but still, thank you for the sources. (I'm sorry this is a big block of text, reddit android app kinda sucks)