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Old 04-25-2008, 18:43 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ba1025 View Post
Wouldn't the civil war have started when the Brits outlawed slavery
That's a damn good question. IMO, yes.

After all, if the Southerners didn't particularly care for Crown taxation then they probably would have...

...fired first on His Majesty's armed forces in the colony of South Carolina perhaps?
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