Bernard Powers: Slavery was key to start of war- Charleston Post and Courier

 

College of Charleston history professor Bernard Powers acknowledges the popular debate but says there’s no doubt the war started over slavery.

 

“I’m going to start out with a controversial statement,” Powers said during a lecture at a Charleston County Public Library branch Tuesday. “Slavery was at the heart of the coming of the Civil War.”

 

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/mar/16/speaker-slavery-was-key-to-start-of-war/

 

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