Everything You’ve Learned About The Civil War Is Wrong

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie,” said <a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/about-us/about-the-jfk-library/kennedy-library-fast-facts/rededication-film-quote" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">President John F. Kennedy</a> (D-Massachusetts). “But the myth… something that is persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” We often think it’s easy to spot conspiracy theories and lies from miles away. However, several lies about the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">American Civil War</a> have been passed down from one generation to the other for centuries. Here are several examples: <h1>The Civil War Wasn’t About Slavery</h1> I was taught this in school. I vividly remember my history teacher saying the <a href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_texsec.asp" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">American Civil War</a> was about states rights and abolishing Federal laws. However, 99% of that argument is filled with more BS than a poop sandwich. Here’s a direct <a href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_texsec.asp" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">quote</a> from Texas’ decision to secede from the Federal Union: <blockquote> “We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.” </blockquote>