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– “…Only with the evolution of modern historical thought, heavily influenced by the ideas and tactics of Marx and Stalin, did the Civil War become “all about slavery.” Marxist history validates the words of Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne, who warned his men, “Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers their version of the war; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors”

Book Review: It Wasn’t About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War – By Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN

It Wasn’t About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War. Dr. Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. Regnery History; 14, 2020; $29.99

This book is an eye-opener for those who still believe the American Civil War, fought between 1861 and 1865, which killed at least 1,030,000 which was about 3% of the population. 50,000 civilians and 620,000 soldier deaths. Maybe these figures are higher. Of course this accounted for more American deaths than all of other wars America has been involved in. If you thought that this war was fought for the sake of freeing the slaves, you will be convinced otherwise…….Carol

Washington, D.C—If you think the Civil war was fought to end slavery, you’ve been duped.

Bestselling military historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. makes the case in his provocative new book and his argument will change the way you think about Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the legacy of America’s momentous Civil War.

It wasn’t it about slavery?

No political party advocated freeing the slaves in the presidential election of 1860

The Republican Party platform opposed the expansion of slavery to the Western states, but it did not embrace abolition.

What caused the bloodiest war on American soil if it wasn’t the abolition of slavery?

Money

The South financed most of the federal government before the war—because the federal government was funded by tariffs, which were paid disproportionately by the agricultural South, which important manufactured goods

Most federal government spending and subsidies benefited the North

Self-determination

The South wanted a more limited federal government and lower tariffs and when it couldn’t get them it opted for independence
Lincoln decided to use force to bring back the seceded Southern states—and their tariff money—back

Well-documented and compelling, It Wasn’t About Slavery is the much-needed challenger to accepted, yet skewed history and teaches the true, yet ignored causes of the Civil War.

Excerpt from the book:

History has been re-written by the North–Page xvii

The war for Southern Self-determination was not solely about slavery. Freeing the slaves was a result of the war, not the casus belli. In my view, slavery was part of the Cold War-like struggle between the North and South, whose economic, customs, religion values and ways of life were increasingly divergent. If culture is defined as the total way of life of a people, they had distinct cultures from the beginning. Only with the evolution of modern historical thought, heavily influenced by the ideas and tactics of Marx and Stalin, did the Civil War become “all about slavery.” Marxist history validates the words of Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne, who warned his men, “Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers their version of the war; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.”

About the author: Dr. Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. is the author of more than forty books, most of which are centered on World War II. He has appeared on the History Channel and the BBC, been a visiting professor at West Point, and served as an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN

Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.

She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – two daughters-in-law; Suzy and Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with husband Gordon Duff, many cats, two rescue pups, and two guinea pigs.

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The Civil War was NOT a war for slavery rebuttal to Prager University video that falsely claims the Civil War was about slavery. More stories about banning the Confederate flag and removing other history at http://ConservativeAmmo.com/RemoveHis…

The reason slavery is the popular justification for the Civil War, is that it’s the only way to excuse the gross amount of illegal actions taken by Lincoln for engaging in a war to prevent the Confederacy from having the right to govern themselves. The Civil War was an illegal war, carried out by the North to retain America’s biggest cash crops: cotton and tobacco, and to justify it, the North came up with one of the great lies of history.

Book Review: It Wasn’t About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War