America’s original sin: When compromise on morality led to Civil War

America’s original sin: When compromise on morality led to Civil War

For most of this nation’s history, we have had racists who fight to ensure that Blacks are not equal partners in America. It’s what the South fought for. The cause of the Civil War was the many concessions offered to the South. No concession offered was ever enough.The North repeatedly compromised on freedom for Blacks for the stake of white American peace, turning the moral question of Black equality into a ballot question. The immoral bargains…