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200: American Civil War: The Causes (Part 1)

The Rest Is History

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The Problem With Slavery Is What It Does

Only about a quarter of people in the south actually are profiting from slave. The existence of slavery creates a racial cast system, he says. And so if you are a poor, propertiless white man, you at least know that you can never be formally enslaved. He adds: "Exactly the problem with slavery is what it does to everybody else"

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