Civil Conversations About the Civil War

"There were a lot of Black Confederates."

"Even if Jefferson Davis abolished slavery, the Union would have invaded the South"

"The Emancipation Proclamation freed none of the slaves"

"Robert E. Lee was against slavery."

"White people were slaves, too!"

"Jefferson Davis was caught in a dress"

"Slavery would have died without the war"

"Everyone was OK with slavery back then"

"Union Soldiers were fighting for the noble cause abolition"

"Enslaved people were generally happy and well taken care of"

"The Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves"