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Phade3
Lv 7
Phade3 asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 5 years ago

How did rich Whites in the South convince poor Whites to fight a war for the rich folks right to keep slaves?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    How did rich whites in the north convince poor whites to fight to free slaves? What was in it for them?

  • Robert
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Same way people vote Democrat living in systemically racist cities or who are Hispanic hookers to work off the coyotes fee. Sad to rely on Russia to reveal Hillary truths and not an inquisitive press! They suppressed Edwards paying off a pregnant girlfriend with campaign funds and a dying wife too in 2004. So this is freedom...

  • 5 years ago

    They didn't have too. All those in the South felt the North was running ramshackle over their way of life. All in the South were fighting to protect their way of life.

  • 5 years ago

    Because the war wasn't just about slavery. It was about the power of the Federal government vs. the state governments.

    If the feds had less power, America would be in much, much better shape these days.

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  • matt
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    THE CIVIL WAR WASNT ORIGINALLY ABOUT SLAVERY!! it became an issue but it wasnt what started the war.

    & to answer your question, they do it the same way they convince them to fight today. you dont see rich people fighting the wars they lobby for nowadays do you? poor people join the military for the benefits and prospects offered to them should they survive.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    I imagine they did it the same way they do it now. Economic and legal leverage and a culture of machismo and patriotism. Plus probably a good dose of 'protect the women'. That always works.

  • Daro
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    How did they convince thousands of blacks to fight so they cud REMAIN slaves?

    PC history. Libs wallow in it.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    THIS IS ALL IN THE MOVIE CALLED HILLARY'S AMERICA

    now playing across the nation

  • 5 years ago

    slavery was NOT the only reason for the Civil War

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    There was more at stake than the "right to keep slaves".

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