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    1 year ago

    Independence from what exactly? Hm? What things did they feel they were being oppressed over? Got a list?

    I doubt you have it on hand, so I looked over the secession documents and speeches from Confederates etc. Here’s an exhaustive list of things they wanted to keep that were being “taken from them”:

    • Slavery