So This Is How We Got FREE?..The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 1)
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The thing with the cane is 100% real. That senator was famous afterwards and was legitimately sent a bunch of new canes in support of the assault.
Ignorant southern politician physically attacking a Northern politician on the Senate floor? A lot of people care. The south got it's a** whipped, like it deserved.
Considering the fact that he literally asked in the video "Is that real" it seems like at least one person cares.
@erc rfhjk what do you mean who cares, they obviously care because they said “is that real?” Dont talk shit kid
@@JohnSmith-vm2jl Are you meaning the southern Democrats? You know the party that supported the KKK, Jim Crow, Affirmative action?
Not only that. He was even more famous after the civil war.
Charles Sumner when he returned to the Senate after being beat with a cane gave a speech on the Senate floor. One of the dopest lines from his speech was, "Say, sir, in your madness, that you own the sun, the stars, the moon; but do not say that you own a man, endowed with a soul that shall live immortal when sun and moon and stars have passed away."
That is a great line
This should be engraved somewhere for all to see.
Damn
that line is probably the most boring quote in human history. literally fell asleep reading it
@@Reshiram32Zekrom23how many times do you squirt during a trump rally?
150+ years later and General McClellan still pisses me off.
Me to
McClellan was a democrat. He ran against Lincoln in 1864 on the platform of ending the war and keeping slavery.
I agree and Ulysses S Grant is a great if not the greatest president
@@Repp35 I'm glad somebody said it.
@@Repp35 he was great, but his cabinet was terrible corrupt.
John Brown is one of my favorite abolitionists. He was crazy about God and freeing slaves. He saw it as his mission from God. Wild man. One of the best in American history
He was a drunk lunatic, but a drunk lunatic with a great cause
Very important too because he was extremely famous. His exploits made people confront slavery as a personal issue.
@@derickkenyon6882 We should all be so lucky
Most of the negative things you hear about John Brown are from Democrat revisionist history (propaganda) created from 1877-1930.
He was also funded by Churches in the North, like the Unitarians around Boston.
Oversimplified is a great way to learn history quickly
its extremely bias
@@jonmacdonald2193 How so?
@@jonmacdonald2193 Seriously, how? It's a history youtuber.
Just remember that it is literally oversimplified. It is good for the general information but it's not very detailed and doesn't get you a conclusive picture of the event.
@@jonmacdonald2193 it's pretty objective in the information and story telling. Do you want to elaborate on your statement?
Your two's discussion about how slaves would have treated each other about leaving or running away was one of the best parts, because it is probably one of the most honest down to earth real life human to human interactions in a shitty situation. Thanks for that.
Another fun, mildly insane abolitionist figure to read about is Cassius Clay.
When he inherited his father's plantation he freed every slave, ran an abolitionist newspaper in Kentucky, and once beat an assassin so badly he got charged with mayhem.
There's a new mini series on John Brown called "The Good Lord Bird." Even Frederick Douglass thought Brown's plan to start a slave rebellion was plain crazy.
It was but at least his heart was in the right place
@@painvillegaming4119 Damn right.
@@kylirwolffe5614 I can respect the man motivation but damn was his execution and planning stupide
"Now if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments. - I submit; so let it be done!" -John Brown, RIP legend
That's beautiful.
Wow, there's a great quote and speech. There should be statue of him in Capitol Hill instead of those Confederate that supposedly represented each of the state and it's citizen.
We need more chapters about John Brown and less chapters about slave owning war generals.
@@0FreakShow0 Yeah, agree. I barely know anything about John Brown but many historian youtuber like Mr.Terry, SocialStud and many other said John Brown and Frederick Douglas is a great personality and recomended to learn more about them.
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written to the tune of "John Brown's Body", which memorialized his after his execution.
"Ye soldiers of Freedom, then strike while strike ye may
The deathblow to oppression in a better time and way,
For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day,
And his soul is marching on"
Frederick Douglass said of John Brown, "I could live for the slave, but he could die for him…"
Actually you should Google the real uncle Tom the book was based on. I know what the term uncle Tom means today but it's not based on fact.
The slur "Uncle Tom" is based on the stage plays in the South that resulted from the book. These Southern versions of the play changed the story so that it no longer condemned slavery, but condemned slave owners who mistreated their slaves. In fact, Tom defended slavery in these versions and condemned abolitionists. At that time, most Blacks would have known about the character through these adaptations.
I would love to see you guys react to the movie Glory, it is about African Americans fighting for the Union in the Civil War, starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington. Very good movie.
Glory should be a must see movie
My all time favorite movie.
What about African Americans fighting for the south?
@@mikedeitz2924 Yes it's true that some Blacks considered that fighting for the South was defending their homeland It's a very complicated history ..But generally far more Blacks joined the Northern ranks after being freed
@@mikedeitz2924 it was more that their masters brought them their to fight than actually joining on their own
The reason that all we really learn about John Brown in school is that "He hated slavery" and "He was literally crazy" is because most American History textbooks are printed in such a way as to conform to the standards set by the Texas State Board of Education. Basically, Texas has a large enough market for textbooks that all the major textbook publishers set their benchmarks based on the rules set in Texas, and the people who elect School Boards in Texas doesn't really like it when students learn about things that are critical of the Confederacy.
The second part is dope guys, watch it!
Why didn’t y’all get taught this In school growing up?!?!? This is why we need good history teachers!!
its not just that we need, we need to keep the goverment from removing this from classes. Here in minnesota, the civil war, ww 1 and 2, are being removed from being taught.
We need more people willing to
read books on their own as well.
It's believed that Abraham Lincoln
had less than a full year of formal
education,and yet his is considered
to have written some of the best
speeches ever written in the English language to this day.He was almost
entirely self taught.
Because History is Taught by the Victors, and the Victors generally try to make themselves out to be "Pure Knights of Good" and the 'looser' out to be "Pure Evil Incarnate".
There is a LOT more to the Civil war than 'just' the issue of Slavery, yet Slavery is the only part of the civil war ever talked about or taught in school. And the North wasn't as 'pure good' in its actions as they are made out to be.
This is not taught in school on purpose. If it were taught truthfully, then there would be a whole lot less Democrats...Mind you, almost everyone in the education system is Democrat.
@@Valeoffrea wtf do they teach you than?
Thomas Sowell... You wont regret checking him out
Yes very wise man!
I died when he said if he didn’t have a beard we wouldn’t have gotten free
The only downside to John Brown is that during the Bleeding Kansas onslaught he killed women and children on several occasions and I believe several citizens were caught in the crossfire at Harpers Ferry, which is why he's such a controversial figure today. I believe that had innocent blood not been on his hands he would be a lot more popular today.
I’m not sure if he killed women and children but definitely tons of men
We don't hear much about John Brown because there really wasn't much to talk about with him, he was pretty open and concise with who he was and what he accomplished.
The real tragic loss in history, is how we almost completely ignored the impact of Thaddeus Stevens, and who he was.
new to this channel but i love yalls personalities lmao yall chill asf
John Brown is the man. I actually didn't learn about him until recently. I watched Ken Burns's Civil War documentary which goes into a ton of depth on the Civil War. I highly recommend it. Frederick Douglas admired John Brown quite a bit apparently due to his unwavering desire to end slavery. I agree that there should be more education on John Brown. Definitely watch the Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War. Although if you post reaction videos on it it'll probably be a 20 part series. It's pretty long. But if you want to know about it in depth it's a lot of information to take in.
The good lord bird, is a show about John Brown just came out last year.
Watching this makes me really realize how young a country we are. I mean I always knew it but never pondered it that much. How fast it turned into such a powerful country with the greatest military power is really quite amazing. How much it has changed on a large perspective. Hopefully it keeps going to be a better country.
Do more of these. Over simplified is so interesting
Sometimes it blows my mind that many people today don't know their own history. In Australia we have learned alot with world history. We had ancestors that were slaves from Ireland and Britain and used for settlers. Not to mention our Aboriginal history. I think alot of today's kids, teenagers really need to learn about what happened in history to understand.
I suggest reading “The Real Lincoln”, it’s was written from all of Lincoln’s notes, journals, congressional documents, and other historical facts. I completely changed how I saw the civil war and how I saw Lincoln.
Yeah that he was shitty for sure and shouldn’t be praised as some moral human who saved the slaves
@@adelinasardothien8238 Same goes with the founding fathers
@@DamianSAAAN Gotta understand. People were raised differently then. What we've all progressed to believe are the true "morals" today, may not have been what they taught then. What you believe to be morals is often a reflection of the society around you. You're molded by your upbringing. It took ages to get to where we are now. Best we can do is keep that moving on, and never go backwords.
While the book brought up some of Lincoln’s bad side, it’s also flawed, especially when reading about the author and it’s misuse of historical sources.
@@cjrecio5702 those were accusations from critics who worship Lincoln. There is no evidence or facts behind them.
There are many, many of us John Browns out here my brothers from another mother. Love to you guys!
Check out the respect and admiration frederick douglass and lincoln had for each other.
He needs to turn up his volume
He said a “few white ppl”. CMON MAN, I’m from the north east, a lot more then a “FEW” fought for the cause man.
More white men died in the Civil War than in ALL of the wars this country has ever fought. Over 600,000 died to end slavery. It breaks my heart and angers me to see what is happening in this country today with racism as the catch-all for everything that happens. This country is NOT systemically racist and to blame the whole white race for a few hateful idiots is downright dishonest and dangerous. The mainstream media happily and malevolently perpetuates this lie every time they open their mouths. How do you think all those Civil War dead, including a great man and President, would feel today if they saw what was happening to this country based on that lie? Slavery is a wicked evil and it is, thankfully, gone forever. No one alive today had anything to do with slavery. We should be moving forward, not backwards, but we have to stop the lies and blaming everything that happens on racism. PEACE & BLESSINGS+
@@TheRapnep First of all the VAST majority of white people that fought in the civil war were not fighting because they simply cared sooooo much about freeing the slaves. Drop the white savior complex. It was about PRESERVING the union. Secondly, the US today is still very much systemically racist. This is evident due to numerous cumulative studies as well as meta analysis showing the racial biases that persist when accounting for all external factors in things such as the criminal justice system. Lastly, NO ONE blames the totality of white people for anything nor is it only a "few hateful idiots" that propogate racist structures & beliefs till this day so drop the fucking victim mentality. Far right extremism is on the rise and neo nazi/groyper movements are very much alive. It shows an EXTRAORDINARY amount of privilege when u can bitch and cry about people addressing racism and racist structures persistenting today because it makes u uncomfortable. Acknowledgeding these structures, and acknowledgeding the existence of white privilege is not attacking all white ppl nor vilifying them. It's simply addressing the truth. Saying there is white privilege does not mean "white ppl live fairy tale lives and face no struggles nor challenges". It's saying that as a white person u will never be subjected to the types of discrimination that black and brown ppl are subjected to solely due to the pigmentation of your skin.
@@vallano8970 Many, if not most, white northerners didn't like slavery. However, that does not mean they weren't racist. Because many were racist, however just as many hated slavery.
@@za.monolit This is literally bad faith. "most" did not. And fighting against the south wanting slaves due to being worried about how large plantations would affect their land and about preserving the union is not actually "hating slavery". Stop trying to paint it as though the very concept of slavery was just so appalling to the majority of northerners to where it was the driving force of the war, it was not. If the confederacy wouldn't have acted first at fort Sumter then the union wouldn't have done anything.
@@vallano8970 be in denial then
How did I only learn about this channel now? I've only gotten to the intro and I'm already hooked because that thing is DOPE.
i don't know what's true, but i read that the south offered to free the slaves in echange for maintaining the right to govern themselves and the north refused...there is a popular argument that the civil war was not really about slavery, but about denying states' rights
John Brown's body lies a moldrin' in the grave. X3
But his soul goes marching on.
Quick note about looking at American political parties in history:
do not assume that the modern parties are the exact same as the ones that you see. There have been two separate major democratic parties throughout US history and they stood for completely different things (the one during the civil war is the one that is still around today). Along with that the beliefs of political parties change a LOT over time. The republican party in this video is the precursor of the modern republican party, but for the time period they were radicals, whereas the modern republican party is conservative.
Honestly, the largest modern movement that can explain the party differences is the "Southern Strategy" used by Nixon in the 60's and 70's to pull the South from Democrat to Republican... by wooing evangelicals and Christians away from the Democratic party. Basically hippies and yuppies in the Democrats from the West Coast and North scared the old Southern Democrat stalwarts from the old days and they switched sides. An example of this is Strom Thurmond. When the Southerner's left, the Democrats became tied almost wholly to those hippies and yuppies and their ideals and the more new school Republicans saw the shift in the party and jumped ship to the Democrats. It was a rather huge swap that took 2-3 decades but it happened and reversed the parties to be what we know today.
Back then neither party was aligned with a particular ideology. There were liberal and conservative wings of both parties.
Thanks for the adjustment, Jake Perry. I almost engaged in logic or "wrong think." If you can name me one republican that was ever a slave owner, I will take it all back and I will shut up.
@@kurtchristopherson5231 or better yet...which democrats became Republicans?
@@satsunada Southern strategy is a myth.
I love the intro when it goes from quiet background music to loud club music. It's fizzngidy fizznilthy filthy!!!
If I was taught with these videos in school I'd have remembered a lot more lol 😂
OH YOU GUYS DIDNT KNOW BOUT JOHN BROWN HUH
im kidding of course i didnt know either, love the show guys keep doing u
Speak your minds!!! I can see you all holding your tongues. Screw cancel culture man!!! Keep grinding boys.
The U.S Navy has a ship named the U.S.S. Harper's Ferry that carries Marines. It was named in honor of the Marine battle against John Brown's rebellion and the slave uprising at Harper's Ferry. I always thought that the ship should be re-named the U.S.S. John Brown.
Can't wait for part two! Love your reactions guys. And yeah, John Brown needs a movie! xD
I don't remember learning about John Brown in school. I remember watching a doc on American history about 20 years ago and they spent a good portion talking about John Brown and his exploits. As far as I can remember that's the first time I ever heard about him.
Theres actually going to be a tv show of John Brown i think. He'll be played by Ethan Hawke
That cookie discussion and beard discussion had me rolling. Love it.
Over-simplification of World War II is amazing. Great video!
There's a John Brown mini-series that came on Showtime last October. I haven't seen it yet, but I saw that it was a thing
I wanna see "John Brown" directed by Quentin Tarantino
From Kansas; we learned about John Brown and Bleeding Kansas. There's a bar in Lawrence called The John Brown Underground with that famous painting as a gigantic mural on the wall. There's some places in Lawrence with their Underground Railroad hiding spots still preserved. Also there's a series about John Brown called The Good Lord Bird that aired on Showtime within the last year.
I love learning history stuff so I'm here to learn with you guys
There are many modern "John Browns", I'm one of 'em.
so are you going to start a massacre and burn down a town leaving hundreds homeless?
John Brown's body lies a moulderin' in the grave
I can't wait for part 2💕
Quentin Tarantino mentioned John Brown as an American hero, and even though has personally spoken against the idea of biopics, he said that’s the one he’d consider ever doing
Wait, you used to have nightmares about “Honest Abe”?? 💀
I think while John Brown's motives were noble, we also shouldn't forget that one of the casualties of his raid was a free man of color, Heyward Shephard who worked on the railroad and was caught in the crossfire. And while there can be collateral damage in battles and wars fighting for freedom let it be a cautionary tale that you could end up hurting some of the people you are trying to help. And make sure that you are willing to put not just yourself but others at risk when you do such things.
Ayeeee my favorite kings posted anotha video 🕺🏾
John Brown and Susan Rosenberg deserve a spot in our history. They didn't fight for black liberation for ulterior motives, nor were they forced to. They put their freedom and even their lives on the line out of their own morals and that deserves mad respect.
Thomas Paine was dumped because of his opposition to slavery.
They actually just made a John brown miniseries with 7 episodes late last year. I haven’t seen it but the main actors are really good so yea it’s called Good Lord Bird
"John Browns Body" was one of the North's Battle hymes. I live kinda near Harpers Ferry and He was taught to us in school but it seems not alot if people know him.
John Brown had a marching song written about him: "John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave, but his spirit marches on! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" Later reimagined with a new lyric: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!"
I'm loving these reactions to these history/scientific/learning videos
I want to see some reactions to The Universe documentary episodes. Those are super good and approachable, and I think everyone should see that show.
The history of the Democratic Party and how they affected the world is crazy
Yet blacks predominantly vote for the party of the slave masters. I don't get it...Democrats only love black people during an election and do nothing for them once in office.
The parties switched shortly after the civil war. The republicans now would have been the democratic party back then.
Not the same party after the switch. The whole switch thing that happened was a new generation saying screw you to there parents traditions and politics, all across the country, and running to the other side
But I ain't in the mood for a history \political debate
All I need say is the fringe car left liberals want to tear down and rename memorials of Abraham Lincoln, saying he didn't care about the slaves he freed, a truly sad thing, granted he was someone in our history that we all agreed was a great man. Is anyone an angel, no, but that does not mean that they are able devils to be spit upon
People always forget abt the 360,000 john browns that died during the civil war
John Brown was depicted in a movie about a run away slave. It recently came out. I forgot the name of it but it was a good movie!
Edit: movie is called Emperor
The crazy part is.... slavery was intregal to the entirety of human history and it wasnt really until the 1800s that humans chose to really try and abolish slavery.
Most people aren't aware of the East African slave trade, which continued after all of the west banned the slave trade (the trade was banned before abolition). David Livingstone started as an explorer but then dedicated his life to ending slavery. Protestantism was the key institution that began to end it, others tried before the 1800s, but as the US Civil War shows, the powerful slave holders were willing to fight to uphold it.
Sad but true. There is no justifying the horror of US slavery, but we at least eventually realized it can't stand. That's the royal "we" or what not. It should be clear, but I had no part in the slave trade and can't even understand how people justified it. If my family history is correct, none of my ancestors immigrated from Europe until the early 1900s, after it was over. But European countries set the whole thing up so who knows what's what. I'd like to think humanity has become more self-actualized, moral and compassionate... but I suspect it's just that government has taken away enough of our freedoms to keep the worst of human nature away.
False, there were abolitionist in ancient china, and the first instance of abolished slavery was way back in 9-12 AD for the first instance of a class and race-based slavery was abolished in the Xin Dynasty, the first-ever instance of Slavery as a punishment being abolished was in Early sixth century BC by Athens of Polis and the first instance of a slave trade being abolished was in 3rd century BC by the Maurya Empire. So the abolishment of slavery has existed for thousands of years before America was even discovered.
@@mwwq1 I never said the very first to ever make laws against it outlaw it in their region. None of those clearly lead to the abolition of The Slave Trade or global slavery in general.
@@vottoduder no the last place to abolish slavery in the western hemisphere was brazil I believe. we weren't the first but not the last.
Mel Gibson needs to direct “John Brown” with Mel Gibson as John Brown
It’s all ready a tv show.
The Good Lord Bird
He would be the perfect actor to play John Brown.
Ohhhh, that would be fucking perfect! I'd totally see that movie.
There is a plaque near my house in Delaware Ohio where Frederic Douglas and Rutherford Hayes spoke infront of the entire city. Right down the road there is a street called Africa road that was a major artery of the under ground railroad.
I live in CT and am proud to say my Great Great Great Grandfather Peter Mower Hoff fought and died for the Ulster Co New York Militia along with many of his cousins, uncles and other relatives in an effort to free the slaves of the South.
There is a recent series available on demand on Showtime about John Brown. It's called The Good Lord Bird.
Who controls your school boards? Who decides what your children learn? Who keeps perpetuating racism?
john brown has his own miniseries. good lord bird
Shout out to the use of "prototypical". Literally had to look that up. Not only is it a word, but it's used correctly. Props.
yo he meant stereotypical. prototypical is like prototype
@@nboots00 I know what he meant to say, but he accidentally used a word correctly. Look it up. I'd argue those depictions of early "southern gentlemen" is a perfect *prototypical* example of early racists; aka the "first stereotypical racists"
@@StonedGamers ah, i suppose you're right.
Look up Thomas Sowell you can learn a lot from him.
React to more oversimplified and extra credit
Your majesty "what shall we do about children working in coal mines" .... "NOTHING!"
that was a rough time in history.
Except that MUCH was done in that time to progress liberty during those times, even in England. The West owes a lot to the English (well okay maybe most of them were actually Scottish) as far as modern concepts of liberty and justice goes. See: The Magna Carta, Adam Smith, John Locke, etc....
I remember hearing an older black American lady say that her family (and others) used to celebrate Jim Brown’s birthday.
Highly recommend reacting to Thomas Sowells videos
I'm pretty sure that _YOU_ were always free.
Wait, you've never been to County, have you?
Another weird thing for you, if the British had won the war of Independence, slavery would have been illegal in America from 1833 and all slaves freed, as it was in the entire British empire, from 1834 any slave that set foot on territory controlled by the British was instantly free.
The way that guy looked into the camera after the "rebuttal" joke. Bwhahahahahahaha!!
There's actually a brand new show out now about John Brown starring Ethan Hawke called The Good Lord Bird. I think its on hulu
"We need more John Browns in this world" Like half the country was against slavery, homies lol
Well I think he means more RADICAL anti-slavery people though, since JB was considered pretty radical at the time and was willing to take the law into his own hands and free slaves by force
Crazy to think that we abolished slavery if only 1% of the population was "doing shit about it"🤔🤣
What's crazy about that time is how it was a normal thing to argue against freeing people
I enjoyed your video. One thing though, if you could figure out a way to get some mikes(or if you have them to up the volume) it would be great. It is a little hard to hear what you guys have to say. Not always but some words were hard to hear. Thanks for the content.
Hope you guys dont mind a long-winded post on your video... but wanted to give some input from someone who lives in what's still considered "The South".
Lemme preface everything below with a single statement. I am simply stating/talking about 'history', in no way do I endorse slavery at any point in history for any reason.
3:46 One thing to note, and its almost comical how almost all 'history' video's do this. "Red" has always been associated with the Republican Party, while "Blue" has always been associated with the Democratic Party. With that said... the un-informed would make the mistake and think that 'republicans' were the Confederate States, and the Democrats were the Union.
It was actually the reverse.
The Confederate States were Democratic Controlled. It was the Union that was the birthplace of the 'newly made' Republican Party, that grew out of the division in what i believe was still called the "wigs" at the time.
Another thing i dont believe that particular video goes over either is 'why' Slavery even existed after the 13 colonies won their Independence. As the Video DOES mention, prior to the Mill being invented, Slavery was already dying out naturally. It's also why Lincoln himself hoped that simply 'preventing new instances of slavery' would again cause that natural dying out of the practice. (not 'everyone' in the South owned slaves, and not every slave owner treated slaves like animals). So why did Slavery even exist after the American Independence War? Britain, and Greed.
When our Nations 'initial' Charter was bring drawn up, full of the "does and dont's" of our country, All ratifications and rules added to its founding had to be Unanimously approved by 'all' parties (and Britain was one of those parties). The issue of Slavery was brought up even back then, and attempts were made to prohibit it, But slavery was a 'profitable' business at that time in the history of the world (and still is today.... the sex-slave industry, child-slave industry and such 'still' exists, even if its not plastered all over the media), and Britain (and some US Officials) refused to let go of that source of income. It's also worth mentioning here, and its sadly something the video you watched does not mention. Not all Slave owners were White. There were quite a few "Free Black Men" who were slave owners themselves, and a few of those were historically mentioned to be some of the most cruel of all slave owners.
This video is also one of the rare few that bring up the 'other' issues leading up to the civil war 'beyond' the issue of Slavery. The issues almost everyone in the 'north' consistently tries to say are 'lies and make-believe'. One of the topics it talks about is "State vs Federal Government", and its depicted during the skit with "Hello im *insert state name* We'd like to join!" "Welcome! we'll be glad to have you as a Free/Slave State!" "But, i want to make up my own mind?". Stop looking with 'todays' eyes, and look at the world at 'eyes of that time'. Back then, the constitution had been written in a way that allowed any newly-formed 'collection of people' (ie: a state), that proved to be self-sustaining, self-governing, could join the Union as a 'equal' member with its own rules and such. The Abolitionists were so heavy-handed with the political maneuvering at the "Federal level" that they started trying to 'force' states to be Free, despite what the population of those states may have chosen on their own. To top this off, they also tried to force the issue that any land gained as a result of the American/Mexican war, would 'only' be allowed to be Slave-free, which didn't sit well with folks in Texas who did the actual fighting and dying for that land (ie: Federal Government was telling states what they could and could not do. Which (again looking with eyes of 'that' time not todays eyes) went against the constitution of the time as it was written and what rights the 'states' had.
Another point to that is 17:49 (and you even agreed with it :) ) The Southern states didnt go to war for the 'sole' purpose of continuing slavery. Many of those states simply wanted to 'leave' the Union and go back to being independent states because they had lost faith in the Federal Government and were feeling as if their voices were being drowned out by the Northern states. The Civil War well and truly did start out as a "War of Secession" Where the Southern states wanted to 'leave' the Union (think Today's Brexit), but the North simply would not allow it. Lincoln's sole reason for going to war was literally to "Stop" the Southern States from becoming their own independent Country and to "Return the Union back to the Union it was", And there is a quote from him that many people always try to discredit, where he literally states this with "if i could end the war without freeing a single slave, i would do so. If i could end the war and free some, while not freeing others, i will do so. If i can end the war while freeing everyone, i will do so. I do this to Return the Union to the Union that it was."
The Civil War didn't 'just' result with an ending of Slavery, it also resulted in the Cementing of the power of the Federal Government 'over' that of the Governments of each individual State. It's partly why a large number of people from 'the south' have absolutely no love/trust of the Federal Government, yet feel just as strongly 'against' Slavery as anyone from the North. Many people/families in the Confederate States didnt like Slavery, but 'also' Hated the Federal Government for the decisions that were being made in a government they felt they no-longer had a voice of their own in. This same situation happens even today any time a single 'side' (Republican / Democrat) gains full control of the Federal Government with Majority power in both the House and Senate + The president being of the same party. There is no 'coming together as a people' its "Do this because we said so and you cant do anything about it".
Also, while it's true the Confederate Army fired the first actual 'shot' in the War. It's argued that the Union took the first "military Action" of the war, when they Blockaded Port Charleston, at least i think it was Charleston... i'll have to re-look up that one later. (you dont blockade a friendly port, you only blockade a enemy's port.)
You weren't kidding about the length but worth the read.
@@johncrocker4209 Hope you learned a bit, or at least got a better view of the 'true' views of folks from the south, rather than the prattle that's assumed.
Thats not to say 'everyone' down here shares my views. Everyone's an individual, but there are those out there that flat refuse that anything i said above, is true, because they were never taught it and cant be bothered to look for themselves.
You should look up killdozer by
'count dankula' he's kind of a john brown
Why OJ smiling when the dude in the video talking about slaves 😂 13:35
There is a song about John Brown we had to learn in grade school back in the day. It comes right up if you google it.When I was in HS in the 70's we actually did learn about John Brown.
One thing people do get wrong however is that the North could not function without slaves. You see while the south were the ones owning the slaves, the north bought supplies from the south like cotton and other foods that the slaves worked for. So the North was kinda hipacritical
Not kinda...was and were just as segregated as the south
I related to Robert e lee also having my last name as Lee. Also I’m. Half black
My last name is Washington but that doesn't mean I'm related to the first president, or Denzel Washington, or broderick Washington, or Dennis Washington. Lee is a pretty common last name...
@@CCCCCCCCC11 Strawman argument.. They didn't say they was related to General Lee simply upon the basis of having the same name. It was just an added fun fact.
@@Gutslinger the problem with pointing out fallacies is that I can just say that you used the fallacy fallacy.
@@Gutslinger ur right tho I didn't consider that he didn't mean he was actually related to him.
My last name is Lee, too!
The thing that most people don't know is you had to be a top one percent.Or to even own a slave, because it's so expensive.
I loved the reference to Shakespeare’s Oreo sonnets
We replaced racism with classism, and it's a real tragedy. Both the parties are guilty of it too. It's basically us vs the government and that is terrifying!
The USA NEVER "replaced racism". Racism still and will always exist.
@@TV-fl9ul of course racism still exists, but it's so minimal. Classism is a bigger issue now than racism is.
classism has always been a problem in the US (and world in general)
even in the peak times of racism, racism was a tool used by parts of the upper class to divide and control the lower class (pitting poor whites versus poor blacks kept both groups in subjugation while protecting the interests and power of the upper class)
Even during the Civil War, it was noticed that the conflict was in fact a class war. Who owned the slaves? The upper class of the South. Poor whites owned only a negligible number of slaves, the vast majority belonged to the large plantation owners. Who was suffering and dying for the cause of the Confederacy? Mostly the white poor, plantation owners were exempt from conscription in the Confederate military. The poor were dying so the rich could get richer.
yall should really consider listenening to Thomas sowell. specifically his recent video on black subculture in america
I grew up here in Kansas, and during middle School Kansas history class they did a whole slew of things about John Brown. But I guarantee if you asked any of my classmates about it now they would have forgotten all of it. Edit: Kansas was one of those very contested States.
im norwegian most of this is new to me, rly explains y american politics is so bipolar to this day. looking forward to the next part
When LBJ signed the civil rights act into law the southern democrats were like....eff that and that's why the parties are the way they are today.
Over simplified....
A common belief but not based in fact only 6 democrat politicians switched parties after the civil rights act, the democrats retained a complete hold on the south until George Bush which was the first time the republicans gained a majority in the south, people often talk of a party switch but there actually isn't any evidence of a party switch
I didn't mean so much that the politicians switched sides but the voters certainly did.
@@tomchesley2604 not really southern white overwhelmingly supported the democrats right up until the 90s
Again....this falls under the category over simplified....The tree stood strong in the wind of the 90's but the seed was planted in the 60's.
@@tomchesley2604 it really wasn't almost all of the pro segregationist who fought against de segregation continued to support the democrats for decades after the end of segregation where as the ones who supported the republicans in the 90s were mostly young people who grew up in a post segregation south
Republicans 1855: Free the Slaves
Republicans 2021: Jewish Space Lasers started forrest fires in Cali
The modern parties have switched. In 1964 when Lyndon B Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act a large portion of Southern Democrats who supported slavery and Jim Crow laws and segregation left for the Republican party.
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Yeah, I'm aware. Though they did't become full blown lunatics until early 2000s, when Karl Roves "alternate reality" became official GOP policy.
@@spookyboi8446 That's not true, Out of the 22 democrat senators in 1965, only 1 switched. Also Lyndon Johnson was a MAJOR racist, after he signed the Civil Rights Act, he said, and quote, "I'll have those Ni***** voting for my for the next hundred years" Also As the south got racist, it actually became more Republican.
The forces of evil have corrupted your minds.
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“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” - Euripides
Ironically, after the Civil War ended, the Union Army focused it's attention out west and fought the Native Americans placing them all on reservations.
Young black Americans totally need to see this. America wasn’t truly free. They fought for it. Feel proud being an American