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

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**Created:** [January 16, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-civil-war-wasnt-about-slavery-because-slavery-didnt-actually-exist-in-the-south/1013037 "2025-01-16T07:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-civil-war-wasnt-about-slavery-because-slavery-didnt-actually-exist-in-the-south/1013037/58 "2025-01-17T19:36:08Z")

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> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#):
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> Ben Carson once said slaves were immigrants who came to America for opportunity:

Ben Carson says [so many crazy and counterfactual things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867/27) that it is [difficult to believe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867/80) that anyone takes anything he says seriously. It also make him the perfect Fox News commentator except for [his tendency to wander off looking for his luggage](https://youtu.be/SYDWsrVYNEk?si=OT00nGqsUBMXdO7-&t=58s).

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