I made this state ment to one person and should have addressed the list. SORRY > I did not and will never say any form of slavery is acceptable at all. But I > believe in Facts ,and like they say to the victor goes the spoiles and also > the history books. I have family and a great number of them that fought on > boath sides that is the tragidy of it.and lost many of them on boath sides > ,I do not want to debate the issue ,I gust believe that all the facts should > be known.The South was Ritch over its Cotton and Tobacco world trade and the > North was Poor ,so they raised the taxes so high the South did the only > thing they could do ,like other states did before , > JIM > >