On the record
This could not have been effected under our constitution but for the Rebellion, so that, in truth, South Carolina, unwittingly, led to the only way by which slavery could be abolished in the present century.
Source
gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This could not have been effected under our constitution but for the Rebellion, so that, in truth, South Carolina…”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman posits that the Civil War inadvertently led to the abolition of slavery, which could not have occurred without the Rebellion.
Share
More from John Sherman
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
Other voices in this conversation
