On 4/8/2010 6:58 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > I may be wrong, but I thought that slavery did nto become an issue in > the Civil War until after the Emancipation Proclamation - which, if > memory serves me correctly - only freed the slaves in the states that > had seceded. >
Slavery was not a 'cause' of the war. But it was a large auxiliary factor. The overall reason for the states that succeeded was over States rights versus Federal rights. But the main right being debated at the time, was the right to allow slavery or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
