(9axo of 11)
In the past few days, I've heard people on a news channel say the American Civil War was fought to end slavery. This is a complete lie easily exposed with critical thinking.The American Civil War was a struggle for money and power between the North greedy and South greedy. The abolition of slavery, on paper, was a way to try to weaken the South, whose main strength was slavery, even using slaves as soldiers in the Civil War.
If the North was so against slavery, that they were willing to fight and kill other whites to end slavery, then the North...
1. would have given reparations to blacks in the North.
2. would not be racist like the South.
3. would have continued to fight against racism in every community.
Or do you think it's possible that the North was against slavery but not against racism?
What happened to all those good Northern white people and their descendants.”
What were the factors that changed Northern White 1619 slavery-is-okay mindset into 1861 slavery-is-not-okay mindset?
And how was this goodness-of-their-heart type of change reflected in Northern States prior to 1861?
What was it that caused a whole bunch of white folks to see the light of right and abandon whiteness and its privileges?
Who were the main originators and preachers of “whiteness is wrong and humanness is better?” Was it the 1831 CE Nat turner rebellion or the 1859 CE John Brown rebellion?
Whoever these people were, they need to be deified for getting so many white people to do an about face from disgrace and participate in their saving grace by seeking to correct the slavery they helped put in place.
And then, if the North was against slavery, why did they & the South (as the white collective called USA), participate in the 1884-1885 CE Berlin Conference where white folks worldwide decided who would invade and own parts of Africa?
Truth Is Evident In The Same North & South Behaviors Before & After The Civil War
”From 1865 to 1877, “Reconstruction” took place and Africans made rapid gains towards parity. Then in 1880, white folks increased their efforts of scheming to renege on all post Civil War promises and forcibly take back all African gains. Thus then, this is why by 1901 there were no more black people in federal congress in Washington DC.”
“1901, white power in the USA was consolidated once again with the departure of the last black Congress member. Congress was once again all white just about 35 years after the Civil War and supposed emancipation of, reconstruction with and reparations to black folks. In other words, the presence and acceptance of a prominent black person in the White House [Booker T. Washington] “spooked” the scary white collective because they had just finished rededicating themselves to enslaving Africans in another form via employment, unemployment, incarceration and schools.””Whereas after emancipation from 246 years of slavery, African-Americans soon saw the fleeting political, social, and economic gains they made during Reconstruction eviscerated by virulent racism, lynchings, disenfranchisement, Black Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a rigid system of officially sanctioned racial segregation in virtually all areas of life;” [from Slavery Apology]
“Whereas the system of de jure racial segregation known as “Jim Crow,” which arose in certain parts of the Nation following the Civil War to create separate and unequal societies for whites and African-Americans, was a direct result of the racism against persons of African descent engendered by slavery;” [from Slavery Apology]
The limited intent of the Emancipation Proclamation created partial freedom for some but not complete freedom for anyone. Since there was no intent for real freedom, the enslaved were left exposed to a variety of problems such as Black Codes, Jim Crow, voting restrictions, murders, segregation, lack of foundational wealth (land and tools) and despicable inhumane behavior of those in government and the general public who believe their survival depends on inhumanity.
All this is why Africans should not be impressed with Juneteenth holiday because it is an okie doke and false indicator of progress. Furthermore, to celebrate Juneteenth and “the Fourth of July” in the USA is like celebrating the birth of Christ and the birth of the Devil.Obvious Question Routinely Missed
The Civil War began April 1861.Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation January 1863.
If the war was fought because of slavery, why didn't Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation before the war or at the start of the war?
The answer is repeated. The Emancipation Proclamation was a tool and weapon used by the North to try to weaken the South and win a war being fought for other reasons, none of which were about the wrongness of enslaving people and taking all their resources.
I suspect some of the reasons for the Civil War were about who would control the wealth generated by enslaving people and taxes on that wealth and taxes on slaves as property and federal congressional seats based on a population that partially counted slaves.