• Kalkaline @lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    They probably should have just surrendered to the North if they didn’t want to fight for the rights of rich white dudes to own slaves.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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      9 months ago

      Didn’t they use conscription?

      Five days later, the Confederate government passed the Exemption Act, which excused from military service select government employees, workers deemed necessary to maintain society (such as teachers, railroad workers, skilled tradesmen, and ministers), and owners of twenty or more slaves.

      Had to look it up cuz I wasn’t sure, but that last bit is extremely relevant.

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        9 months ago

        Didn’t they use conscription?

        Plenty of conscripts surrendered. Plenty of people evaded conscription. Just look at Appalachia, where slave power was weak.

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      9 months ago

      They probably should have just surrendered to the North if they didn’t want to fight for the rights of rich white dudes to own slaves.

      See: victims of propaganda.