Don't Tell Me it Wasn't About Slavery

For generations, Americans have been told a comforting lie: that slavery was only a side issue, that the Civil War was really about "e;states' rights,"e; economics, or cultural differences. But, the historical record tells a very different story.Don't Tell Me It Wasn't About Slavery examines what the people who defended slavery actually said, wrote, and fought for, and what later generations worke...