# "The American Civil War wasn't about slavery because slavery didn't actually exist in the South"

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> [@StringsandHammers](#):
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> You’re just making excuses and refuse to admit any guilt on the part of white settlers owning those slaves on Mexico 's land then afterwards refusing to grant “freedom” to anyone else but straight white males.

[Again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-american-empire-begin/1008724/60)

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