The two great wars of our history Have been badly framed. We don't really understand them, Because they've been misnamed. They were each simply wars of secession That may or may not have been needed. The latter's the one that failed. The former's the one that succeeded. The key to success was an ally. The colonies had the French on their side. The Brits with their need for cotton With the South should have been allied. But the anti-slavery movement was strong In that former slave-trading nation. That's why the shrewd "Honest Abe" Unveiled his "emancipation." He proclaimed that all slaves were free, But the words were purely fiction. The slaves to which he referred Were where he had no jurisdiction. David Martin
Yes. They wars of secession.
We are a strange specie of animal, who have been at war since Cain killed Abel, we just do it bigger and better with each passing year!
The religious leaders of Israel murdered their vindicated Messiah, where, today, the ‘religious’ leaders have crucified to themselves the son of GOD afresh as they have replaced HIS WORD, which is HIM, with creeds, dogma and doctrines of man!
“But the anti-slavery movement was strong
In that former slave-trading nation.”
Thanks for pointing out the misnomer(s) of US history.
The quibble I have is in the above lines. While it is true that the English sent people of the Irish and Scots nations to the US as slaves, the “nation” that was was engaged in slave trading were the Jews that had returned to England under Cromwell.
I take it more as a commentary than a quibble, worthy of your screen name. This is from the “Atlantic Slave Trade” page on Wikipedia;
“The major Atlantic slave trading nations, in order of trade volume, were Portugal, Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, the United States, and Denmark. Several had established outposts on the African coast, where they purchased slaves from local African leaders.”
Many slaves were certainly carried on British flagships. But the ships were privately owned. At least from the ones owned by Portugese traders, apparently the owners were Jewish: https://dcdave.com/poet15/Jewslavetrade.jpeg. I took that picture with my own smart phone at the Museum of the Inquisition in Cartagena, Colombia. I don’t doubt that that was also the case with the slave ships flying the flag of Great Britain.