At issue was the survival of chattel slavery, Mississippi defined it’s grievance in its Declaration of Secession, “Our position is thoroughly defined with the institution of slavery— the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth” (Sanders 1861:86-8). The bourgeoisie was literally creating a new government to protect its “material interest” in the means of production. Ultimately, the Civil War brought an end to the “peculiar institution” in America. As the first, industrialized war on the continent, it utilized all of the tools of Modern Industry: infrastructure, high powered weaponry, transport and communication. The industry that supported chattel slavery resulted in the deadliest war in the history of the nation. Indeed, 620,000 Americans died over who controlled the nation’s means of production, and in 1865, the Confederacy
At issue was the survival of chattel slavery, Mississippi defined it’s grievance in its Declaration of Secession, “Our position is thoroughly defined with the institution of slavery— the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth” (Sanders 1861:86-8). The bourgeoisie was literally creating a new government to protect its “material interest” in the means of production. Ultimately, the Civil War brought an end to the “peculiar institution” in America. As the first, industrialized war on the continent, it utilized all of the tools of Modern Industry: infrastructure, high powered weaponry, transport and communication. The industry that supported chattel slavery resulted in the deadliest war in the history of the nation. Indeed, 620,000 Americans died over who controlled the nation’s means of production, and in 1865, the Confederacy