It is interesting to note in many history books here in the States that the Civil War . . . uh . . . The War Between the States, was fought over "State's Rights."
They don't mention, however, the specific right being fought over was the "right" to own people.
Puts me in mind of the Texas school board debating how their history texts should be rewritten, so that the discussion of "the slave trade" is changed to "the Atlantic triangle trade." While both terms have been used to describe that trade, they are also both politically charged. "Slave trade" does not accurately reflect that crops and manufactured goods were traded, and "triangle trade" hides the fact that slaves were traded.
They don't mention, however, the specific right being fought over was the "right" to own people.
Puts me in mind of the Texas school board debating how their history texts should be rewritten, so that the discussion of "the slave trade" is changed to "the Atlantic triangle trade." While both terms have been used to describe that trade, they are also both politically charged. "Slave trade" does not accurately reflect that crops and manufactured goods were traded, and "triangle trade" hides the fact that slaves were traded.
"Be ye not lost amongst Precept of Order." - Book of Uterus, 1:5, "Principia Discordia, or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her."
