GRITtv: The F Word: What We Mean When We Say States' Rights
This week sees the 150th anniversary of the secession of South Carolina—the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. And of course, the anniversary brings with it the predictable repetition of myths: the South seceded because those Northern elites wouldn't let them govern themselves! It was about states' rights and freedom. Right?
Author Edward Ball, who comes from a slave-owning southern family, reminds us that that's not exactly the case. Simply read the states' secession declarations: from Georgia to Mississippi, and of course, South Carolina, they all name continuing slavery as their top concern. Distributed by Tubemogul.