Don’t forget that the south was trying to force the north ro send back escaped slaves, depite the north using their states rights to say no. The south would also send Bounty hunters to go kidnap free born black people to sell into slavery. So yeah, states rights was an issue. The right to identify people as human.
But let’s not also forget that the confederate constitution had a passage that says that there will not be any laws capable of being passed that infringe on the right to own black people
Article I Section 9(4) No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed
I prefer “Slaveholders Rebellion”
Ohh I like that.
Slap em a little more on the branding, you didn’t “own” anything, cousin fuckers, you just held them against their will.
I’ve started to think about it as the second US civil war, the first being the war of independence.
That’s just me being a smartass though.
Technically true. The War of Independence WAS a civil war. It was a British civil war.
Goes to show that the victors write the history book.
Both the War of Independence and Revolutionary War imply that it’s a civil war.
That’s what meant. A civil war is only called a civil war if the rebelling side loses. Otherwise it’s a revolution.
Eh, most governments at least have the balls to call them revolts or rebellions if they win, instead of sucking up to pure evil.
I’m surprised it’s not called the States’ Rights War.
“but muh heritage” mfrs when I practice my heritage (it’s burning confederate flags and killing traitors):
States Rights to what, pray tell?
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It is, but not very often outside of the American south. (They prefer “The War of Northern Aggression” though.)
Any time you hear that phrase unironically, ask what war that is, and then go “oh you mean the Rebellion of Southern Cowards? That’s the only way I’ve heard it phrased other than civil war”
I may not be a descendant of William Tecumseh Sherman, but I grew up in the same area, and maybe it’s just something about the water or the geography but I really feel an urge for Southern BBQ and a brisk walk to the ocean when Southern Cowards start speaking up again.
And yet despite that, I would say that the two best things from the South were invented by black people- the music, from blues to jazz to rock and roll and soul food. Not the best revenge, but still some good revenge. A hell of a lot more people listen to rock music than listen to music invented by white people.
Because only confed apologists use that term, and to my knowledge there are no confed apologists in Iceland.
There’s almost 400,000 people on Iceland. I’d say there’s probably at least one. Maybe even two.
Maybe even three
Let’s not go overboard.
In parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
I’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.
In Chinese it’s called 南北戰爭, which means South-North War. Not as interesting as the Icelandic name though
Given Chinese history you’d think that name would be reserved for…well IDK draw any time china wasn’t unified out of a hat lol
Well we do have a period called the Northern and Southern dynasties, but most of the time we are devided into multiple states and it’s hard to tell who is south and who is north, so …
Not an entire war but I’ve definitely seen the battle of red cliffs cast as a definitive battle between the north and south.
The battle of red cliffs happened in the famous Three Kingdoms era, and the battle did settle the foundation for the situation. At the time the Shu(蜀) and Wu(吴) who were south of Wei(魏) were alliances so you could say it was a battle between south and north, but when we talk about it was more like a mexican standout sort of thing(if that makes sense to you).
I’m Icelandic and I just learned about this now! To be fair I learned fuck all about pre-20th century US history in school and I’ve basically just puzzled it together through movies and references online.
That goes for most of the world. Why learn about some obscure history that’s not from your own historical path.
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Interesting. It didn’t even end Slavery in the US tho
It didn’t end slavery. It’s more of a slave compromise.
What??
