Nick Pell

The Civil War was not a humanitarian crusade to free the slaves. It had nothing to do with freeing the slaves until the very end. And that was just by accident. It was so that the North could get a military advantage against the South. If you read Lincoln's papers and stuff from the later decades,

The Civil War was not a humanitarian crusade to free the slaves. It had nothing to do with freeing the slaves until the very end. And that was just by accident. It was so that the North could get a military advantage against the South. If you read Lincoln's papers and stuff from the later decades,

Part of the war, it becomes clear to him, like, we're not going to be able to go back to the way things were. Whereas at the beginning, he's just, I don't really care. We can have slaves. We can not have slaves. I don't care. We're preserving the union. And by the end of the war, we're not going to be able to keep having slavery because slavery is what caused the war.

Part of the war, it becomes clear to him, like, we're not going to be able to go back to the way things were. Whereas at the beginning, he's just, I don't really care. We can have slaves. We can not have slaves. I don't care. We're preserving the union. And by the end of the war, we're not going to be able to keep having slavery because slavery is what caused the war.

Part of the war, it becomes clear to him, like, we're not going to be able to go back to the way things were. Whereas at the beginning, he's just, I don't really care. We can have slaves. We can not have slaves. I don't care. We're preserving the union. And by the end of the war, we're not going to be able to keep having slavery because slavery is what caused the war.

One of the big reasons the South had trouble attracting allies and getting recognition was from european powers was that they did not like slavery and this was particularly true of the british the transatlantic slave trade ends because the british blockade the continent

One of the big reasons the South had trouble attracting allies and getting recognition was from european powers was that they did not like slavery and this was particularly true of the british the transatlantic slave trade ends because the british blockade the continent

One of the big reasons the South had trouble attracting allies and getting recognition was from european powers was that they did not like slavery and this was particularly true of the british the transatlantic slave trade ends because the british blockade the continent

Yes. That was why the transatlantic slave trade ended, was because the British blockaded the continent. And so you had to be a blockade runner to get new slaves out of Africa.

Yes. That was why the transatlantic slave trade ended, was because the British blockaded the continent. And so you had to be a blockade runner to get new slaves out of Africa.

Yes. That was why the transatlantic slave trade ended, was because the British blockaded the continent. And so you had to be a blockade runner to get new slaves out of Africa.

Yeah. The Civil War as a crusade to end slavery is a myth. And I think that there's a somewhat more dangerous myth about the Civil War. Okay.

Yeah. The Civil War as a crusade to end slavery is a myth. And I think that there's a somewhat more dangerous myth about the Civil War. Okay.

Yeah. The Civil War as a crusade to end slavery is a myth. And I think that there's a somewhat more dangerous myth about the Civil War. Okay.

That the Civil War ended slavery in America.

That the Civil War ended slavery in America.

That the Civil War ended slavery in America.

Okay, so if we go back to the beginning of this episode, we define slavery in two ways. The first is chattel slavery, and the Civil War and subsequent constitutional amendments definitely ended this, except for extreme outliers that do exist and are horrific. But, like, they're against the law. Previously, owning other human beings was enshrined in constitutional law, right? And it's not anymore.

Okay, so if we go back to the beginning of this episode, we define slavery in two ways. The first is chattel slavery, and the Civil War and subsequent constitutional amendments definitely ended this, except for extreme outliers that do exist and are horrific. But, like, they're against the law. Previously, owning other human beings was enshrined in constitutional law, right? And it's not anymore.

Okay, so if we go back to the beginning of this episode, we define slavery in two ways. The first is chattel slavery, and the Civil War and subsequent constitutional amendments definitely ended this, except for extreme outliers that do exist and are horrific. But, like, they're against the law. Previously, owning other human beings was enshrined in constitutional law, right? And it's not anymore.