The Real Slavery Debate Wasn’t North vs. South But the Anti-Slavery Republicans and the Pro-Slavery Democrats
THE REAL SLAVERY DEBATE WASN’T NORTH AGAINST SOUTH
“Number one, most Southerners did not own slaves. Most confederates did not own slaves. And the Northern Democrats, led by Stephen Douglas, protected slavery with the same zeal as the Southern Democrats. Right away you see this isn’t just a north/south issue. The real slavery debate was between the anti-slavery Republicans and the pro-slavery Democrats. So that is the first chapter of this narrative in which you see the Democrats are really implicated in the worst horrors of modern history.” —Dinesh D’Souza