Jerks in History

[My Name Is Kate]

"Dominant" issue would have been a better choice of words.

I cannot see much logic in being so concerned about so-called "freedom" for the slaves, when lack of equal rights and equal opportunity would put the freed slaves in a position similar to a rabbit in a cage that is let loose for the chase to begin. The rabbit has its freedom alright, but only for the few short moments before it gets shredded.

Was the plight of women really so much different from that of the slaves? They were basically owned by their husbands, were they not? It was their "choice" to marry, but what other options were available to them? Where was the concern for women? If the North had been thinking more clearly, they would have been all for suffrage for women, because with a far greater population, it would have given them a political advantage.

My experience of human nature tells me that the struggle for political power was the dominant issue leading up to the Civil War.