My textbooks in the 50's and 60's said the same. It's a generalization, an
analysis of the outcome of the events. All textbooks are post-event analyses.
Oh, the thread started when someone liked the movie in the subject line,
but warned folks with certain viewpoints away from it.
Anne
At 07:00 PM 2/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Most text books in the 50's and 60's stated that the CW was fought to free
>the slaves or the one I had did. That's a post war idea.....most Union
Anne Pemberton
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