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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE] * Did a state prior to the Civil War have a right to leave the Union? [/QUOTE]Did a colony have the right renounce the authority of the Crown and Parliament and to leave the Empire? [QUOTE] * Was the reason for the war "State's Rights" or "Slavery"? [/QUOTE]State's rights with slavery as the catalyst. I'm not at home now so I can't check but didn't Lincoln say something along the lines of "If I could save the Union by freeing all the slaves I would do it, if I could save the Uniuon by freeing none of the slaves, I would do it and if I could save the Union by freeing some slaves and leavings others as they are I would do it" Which seems to imply that the welfare of African Americans wasn't exactly at the top of the US govts agenda. Incidently, hs anyone read the excellent Battle Cry of Freedom, by James McPherson? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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