Why were areas of the South so much more Republican than surrounding areas? (user search)
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« on: June 18, 2009, 12:19:37 AM »
Quote from: jokerman on June 17, 2009, 07:43:49 PM
Quote from: Senator Realisticidealist on June 17, 2009, 07:35:24 PM
Was there any particular reason why these areas were more Unionist?
Most of it is miserable mountain country full of a people who were always hostile to the culture of the rest of the south.

They also saw no benefits from slavery and had no reason to defend it. Rather it hurt them by lowering the value of labor.
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