Post #1234877

2026-04-08 12:36 UTC

Slavery didn't end because the slaves revolted. It ended because white people fought to abolish it. The North could have allowed the South to continue on as a separate nation with slaves, but they insisted the Confederacy remain with the Union, AND end slavery. Often the downtrodden need those in power to use that power to fight for them.

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@SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 13:29

> Slavery didn't end because the slaves revolted. It ended because white people fought to abolish it. Holy revisionist history!! White abolitionists absolutely played a role in ending chattel slavery in the United States, not the least of which were John Brown, the 48ers, and others who were doing what they did for the goal of Abolition primarily. The vast majority of northern politicians, generals, and soldiers, were engaged in the Civil war to preserve the Union, first and foremost. Abolition was a distant secondary concern for most of them. Furthermore, Slaves weren't just sitting on their asses waiting to be freed by the benevolence of white people, they were agents of history all on their own. W.E.B. DuBois argued in _Black Reconstruction in America_ that an underdiscussed turning point in the Civil War was when slaves engaged in one of the largest general strikes in American history. A strike which crippled the southern economy and thus its ability to sustain the war. So yes, Slavery did end in very large part because the slaves revolted.

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@Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 13:11

Sounds like you're a white savior

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