[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

Interesting discussion, fellas. Here's a great recent NY Times article about the somewhat organic way that slavery became a central issue in the war. It includes an amazing history I had never heard of:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/ma...ewanted=1&_r=1

Good stuff. Shows how major events in history can be triggered by the acts of very ordinary people acting as catalysts.