Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI’ve started to think about it as the second US civil war, the first being the war of independence. That’s just me being a smartass though.
minus-squareLetme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoIt was also about slavery, because the British government was in the process of outlawing slavery at the time, and Americans still wanted their slaves
I’ve started to think about it as the second US civil war, the first being the war of independence.
That’s just me being a smartass though.
It was also about slavery, because the British government was in the process of outlawing slavery at the time, and Americans still wanted their slaves
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