After the Civil War, the South re-invented the Confederate cause to be about states' right and downplayed slavery and its inherent cruelties. When blacks were subjected under segregation in the New South, how did whites att argue about the legacy of slavery - as a sin, or as a blessing taken away?

by Paulie_Gatto

I know they supported it before the war (Edit: he'll they went to war for it), and argued it wasn't THAT bad afterwards for a long time. However, was the war ever seen on Biblical terms - perhaps that the destruction of the South by the perceived cruelties of Sherman's March was a punishment from God for the sin of slavery? Did they ever admit to slavery being a moral wrong, after the war, basically, even if they viewed slavemasters as good people and abolitionists as bad?

ergzay

After the Civil War, the South re-invented the Confederate cause to be about states' right and downplayed slavery and its inherent cruelties.

Do you have a source for this?