I found this quite an enamoring read as my family fought for the confederacy all those years back. I do hope you will delve more into the civil war in due time.
A not-insignificant part of why Southerners were so concerned about the abolitionist movement was because of the chaos that broke out in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti. They felt that if the present system broke down as the system did there during the revolution in France it would inevitably lead to a racial war of annihilation.
A big “gotcha” people cite are the states’ declarations of secession which reportedly cite the preservation slavery as an explicit cause for secession. They do not. They cite northern agitation for slaves to rise up or for White Southerners to be attacked in the name of abolition as a reason for secession. Such threats were real; the extremist newspaper “The Liberator,” with a small but very influential circulation, repeatedly cried that “6,000,000 white southerners must die so that slavery can be abolished.”
I was planning on doing a post about why the Civil War wasn't about slavery with Volt but he hasn't gotten back to me after he said he'd be down (😡) do you want to collab on it instead or something?
I was planning on providing an inside perspective in how academics think about the cause of the Civil War and their arguments (based on what I've heard in my Slavery class and just generally as a History major) as well as highlighting important works in propagating the myth of slavery as the root cause. Of course also providing counter-examples and stuff like dat.
Does Alt Hype talk about the WPA narratives at all? They are very useful because a lot of former slaves themselves say how things were better when they were slaves.
I talked about them briefly in one of my history posts.
One thing that people don’t realize is how the slave system actually worked in America, because it’s not all the same in every country.
In the United/Confederate States, slavery worked on a task-based system. How this works is that every slave was given a single task as his workload for the day. Sow these seeds, pick this much cotton, hang this tobacco, whatever. That one task, which probably took a few hours, consisted of his only required workload that day. Anything else he did, like pick extra, or tend the gardens, or repair the fences, etc. was overtime and he was paid for it. That overtime money was free to be used however he liked. He could even invest it in other businesses or start a business of his own. Many slaves started private businesses as blacksmiths or stable-keepers and all the money they earned from those businesses, they could keep.
Eventually they could earn enough money to buy their manumission, and many blacks did so. The 10% of blacks that got freed weren’t always freed out of the kindness of ole massa’s heart, they were freed because they earned it. The offer was always on the table, they just had to reach out and take it.
Part 2..
Really interesting post, I would be very interested in a part two.
Also, it's funny, just this morning I was wondering when the next substack essay would get posted.
Your wish is my command
I found this quite an enamoring read as my family fought for the confederacy all those years back. I do hope you will delve more into the civil war in due time.
A not-insignificant part of why Southerners were so concerned about the abolitionist movement was because of the chaos that broke out in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti. They felt that if the present system broke down as the system did there during the revolution in France it would inevitably lead to a racial war of annihilation.
A big “gotcha” people cite are the states’ declarations of secession which reportedly cite the preservation slavery as an explicit cause for secession. They do not. They cite northern agitation for slaves to rise up or for White Southerners to be attacked in the name of abolition as a reason for secession. Such threats were real; the extremist newspaper “The Liberator,” with a small but very influential circulation, repeatedly cried that “6,000,000 white southerners must die so that slavery can be abolished.”
I was planning on doing a post about why the Civil War wasn't about slavery with Volt but he hasn't gotten back to me after he said he'd be down (😡) do you want to collab on it instead or something?
I was planning on providing an inside perspective in how academics think about the cause of the Civil War and their arguments (based on what I've heard in my Slavery class and just generally as a History major) as well as highlighting important works in propagating the myth of slavery as the root cause. Of course also providing counter-examples and stuff like dat.
Yes, plz make part 2. U ever watch alt hypes video on slavery? Lot of good pasta in it.
-Slaves had high life expectancy for the time
-Slaves were on average taller than poor whites, while today AA’s are shorter, implying better nutrition
-Few slaves reported being whipped
Does Alt Hype talk about the WPA narratives at all? They are very useful because a lot of former slaves themselves say how things were better when they were slaves.
I talked about them briefly in one of my history posts.
Where can I watch alt hype?
There's an archive of all his videos somewhere on internet archives but I watched them all and stopped going so now I cant find it
But a lot of them still work on his BitChute
Yeah I need more civil war essays pronto sweetie 💅🏿
I look forward to a point or two about jews dominating the slave trade. Thanks in advance!
One thing that people don’t realize is how the slave system actually worked in America, because it’s not all the same in every country.
In the United/Confederate States, slavery worked on a task-based system. How this works is that every slave was given a single task as his workload for the day. Sow these seeds, pick this much cotton, hang this tobacco, whatever. That one task, which probably took a few hours, consisted of his only required workload that day. Anything else he did, like pick extra, or tend the gardens, or repair the fences, etc. was overtime and he was paid for it. That overtime money was free to be used however he liked. He could even invest it in other businesses or start a business of his own. Many slaves started private businesses as blacksmiths or stable-keepers and all the money they earned from those businesses, they could keep.
Eventually they could earn enough money to buy their manumission, and many blacks did so. The 10% of blacks that got freed weren’t always freed out of the kindness of ole massa’s heart, they were freed because they earned it. The offer was always on the table, they just had to reach out and take it.
Please do a second part.