Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne
100% true. Claims about it being about "states' rights" are blue-smoke-and-mirror attempts to obfuscate this. So are claims that Lincoln & the North fought the Civil War for some reason other than slavery. Both sets of claims are quibbles. It was a war over slavery. — PolitiTweet.org
Ibram X. Kendi @DrIbram
When someone tells you that Confederates were about “states' rights” or “southern pride,” point out that their Cons… https://t.co/BvxUrSuVWM
