Nikki Haley doesn't cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop
Nikki Haley doesn't cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop
Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War when asked at a campaign event on Wednesday night.
She responded it was about “basically how the government was going to run."
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Former Texan here. Bring up the fact (and it is a fact) that the creation of Texas and its subsequent fight for independence was 100% slavery. Enjoy the fireworks.
Texas "was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery-- the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits-- a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which [Texas] people intended should exist in all future time"
Gee, what a hard question to figure out from historical sources, guess we'll never know what they were thinking...
It is a mystery.