101 Year old Confederate recounts the Civil War

[geoff]

Whether he likes it or not southern soldier's were fighting for state's rights to enslave and exploit Africans. That was the southern elite's meal ticket. The cotton trade and textiles was the USA's greatest world commodity. The northern factories just had to remove the commerical tariff's that cut their profits. All they needed was a war that killed 600k men for total control of the western hemisphere again. Then they could move onto Spanish colonies and central and south America.
Our current wishy-washy Senate/Governor races are proof enough that who's arse sits in what seat is decided by those currently sitting in the seats and not the electorate. English capitalism is just a better more perfect form of slavery and mass exploitation.