“The very same British and American families who had combined to wreck the Indian textile industry in the promotion of the opium trade [...] combined to make the trade, a valuable source of revenue. In 1864 they joined forces to create causes for war and to promote the terrible War Between the States, also known as the American Civil War.” WarStatesForceCausesKnownSourceIndustryTerribleTradeValuableBritishIndianCivil WarRevenuePromotionWrecksAmerican Civil WarOpiumAmerican FamilyTextiles Author:John Coleman
“There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from the Union Army were adamantly opposed to freeing slaves. We cite these facts and recorded statistics to point out that the principal cause of the war was not the issue of slavery.” MenWarFactsCausesIssuesHe ManArmySlaveryUnionsSlaveCivil WarOwnersStatisticsPrincipalConfederateCitingSlave Owners Author:John Coleman