HIST 2055 Chapter : 25-Nov
Document Summary
Stephen hale (says statement above) sent to upper south states by lower south states. The speech was all about racial mixing: no one ever talks about racial mixing, because slaves are obedient, raping white wives and children ---wtf lol, hale"s argument is incredibly inflammatory racial language, lower south secede in lincoln"s election. South to persuade them to secede as well. They want solidarity: lincoln wants to try to let people know that their property is safe, cultivating unionists, northerners do not begin the civil war to end slavery. U. s: promise to protect the federal government, he doesn"t recognize the confederacy. Don"t let it go to waste an emotional argument. Mobilization: community war, first people"s war, fought fully by democracy, sustained by democratic support, all soldiers are regular men who volunteered and even a few women. (go. Womennnn!: morale and popular support for the war. Abolitionists view secession is the answer to all their problems.
