• Jumi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    3 months ago

    Wasn’t the wargoal to end slavery added later to keep other powers from supporting the South?

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      3 months ago

      Effectively, the war was always about slavery - the question, in the earliest stages, was whether the Union was fighting to contain slavery, or fighting to destroy it entirely.