The answer suggested was no, and I was trying to offer some counter-exampes.
It also seems worthwhile to consider whether a US citizen should have supported or opposed Lincoln's resort to war.
--CGE
On Sep 22, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> What might or should have been always generates a pretty chaotic discussion,
> and I'm not sure what is achieved by it.
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> But John Brown and the significant forces (national and inter-national) he
> represented has to be included n the calculation. Attempts to foment a slave
> rebellion were not loony, and almost certainly would have continued,
> probably intensified.
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> Carrol
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