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You can’t believe it because it isn’t true.  I grew up in rural Va in the 1970s and 80s and slavery was absolutely taught as the main cause of the Civil War.[/quote]

Curious how it was approached.  Did they teach it as Virginia was wrong?  That is how it is generally taught in the north.  I grew up in a border state so it was a little more nuanced, with discussions of split families.  Across Five Aprils was required reading on par with Uncle Tom's Cabin.[/quote]

You do learn about the South's reliance on slaves due to the cotton boom.  You do go through the various compromises to limit the spread of slavery and that the election of 1860 with Abe Lincoln was what the South feared was the end of slavery because they could not out vote the Northern states due to population differences and thus Federalism was a huge concern. You do learn that Lee was a great general given how badly he was outnumbered and that Grant was a drunk.  You are also introduced to the "scorched earth" tacits of Sherman in his March to the Sea.  You are also told Lincoln freed the slaves.  Pretty standard, but incorrect in the finer points.  Lincoln only sought to prevent the spread of slavery and was not going to try and outlaw slavery in the South.  He only freed the slaves in the Southern rebellion states in 1863 in the Emancipation Proclamation.  Slavery was still legal in the Northern states that had not yet outlawed it.  Slavery was not abolished in the U.S. until after his death with the passage of the 13th Amendment. [/quote]
You don’t learn that there were actually 3 Emancipation Proclamations prior to the one that we all know about.  And that the government backed out before the slaves could be freed.[/quote]

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