Now sure, the north had its own problems with racism, and the whole meme of "south secedes and north becomes a multiracial paradise because hurr-durr south is all the racists" is dumb. But, I still cannot help but feel that the station of blacks, and their civil rights, would not be at least marginally improved by the large Southern conservative bloc simply no longer being a factor.
Would a Union without the South be on a faster track to civil rights, or would there be a backlash against the abolitionists/Radical Republicans for losing the war?
EDIT: Aw crap, wrong forum, meant to go in pre-1900.
Would a Union without the South be on a faster track to civil rights, or would there be a backlash against the abolitionists/Radical Republicans for losing the war?
EDIT: Aw crap, wrong forum, meant to go in pre-1900.