tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060696059642580878.post9074792758316285405..comments2023-10-30T07:53:58.018-05:00Comments on Crime, Law and Justice: Inexcusable self-delusion and ignorance in Texas' public school history curriculumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09908922017589211092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060696059642580878.post-48185357779170221412015-08-31T13:02:36.199-05:002015-08-31T13:02:36.199-05:00I agree with your assessment and conviction. What ...I agree with your assessment and conviction. What Ken Burns described as the higher cause of America's Civil War was in fact the driving force behind the south's secession. And that was human slavery. But participants from both sides of the war were indifferent to black enslavement as it remained legal in many states. So from their perspectives, the cause of civil war was not about the wrongfulness of slavery. Historians are tasked with explaining this institutionalized cultural and economic part of early America, as deplorable as it was. 44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12279323738793315123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060696059642580878.post-77034340104803293122015-08-31T12:07:13.933-05:002015-08-31T12:07:13.933-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12279323738793315123noreply@blogger.com