. >> my name is aj douglas. from virginia. i hope you don't mind me doing this. kind of long, but i would like to say that i don't think the civil war was entirely about slavery. why? because throughout history people don't really care about black people that much. i don't need to say that way but for example, the massacre in paris. that same day, 5000 africans were killed by the same organization that we are fighting today. it was on the news. the point i making, the question i am asking is if the veterans won the war economically, how would things change in the country? either way, the union one, the confederacy one, there are still -- if slavery were the object, to get rid of it, did we really do that? it still resonates. >> there's a number of issues that you raise. i can't tell you what would've happened if the war, if the confederacy had won the war. there have been books written about that. there is a lot of speculation. i really don't have anything to add to the conversation. your question is a perfect example of how this tide of history still and go fast

. >> my name is aj douglas. from virginia. i hope you don't mind me doing this. kind of long, but i would like to say that i don't think the civil war was entirely about slavery. why? because throughout history people don't really care about black people that much. i don't need to say that way but for example, the massacre in paris. that same day, 5000 africans were killed by the same organization that we are fighting today. it was on the news. the point i making, the question i am asking is if the veterans won the war economically, how would things change in the country? either way, the union one, the confederacy one, there are still -- if slavery were the object, to get rid of it, did we really do that? it still resonates. >> there's a number of issues that you raise. i can't tell you what would've happened if the war, if the confederacy had won the war. there have been books written about that. there is a lot of speculation. i really don't have anything to add to the conversation. your question is a perfect example of how this tide of history still and go fast

. >> aj douglas, from virginia. i hope you don't mind me doing this. i would like to say, i don't really think the civil war is completely about slavery. why? because throughout history people don't really care about black people that much. i don't mean to say it that way but for example, the shooting in paris. the same day everyone knows 5000 africans were killed by the same organization we are fighting today. it didn't happen. it wasn't on the news. instead of making it a question of asking whether the confederacy won the war, economically, how it changed the country, because either way union one -- the union one. there were still slaveowners. it's -- if the object was to get rid of slavery, did we really do that? it still resonates there. >> there are a number of issues you raised. i cannot tell you what would have happened if the confederacy had won the war. there have been books written on that, lots of speculation. i don't really have anything to add to that conversation. your question is a perfect example of why how the tide of history engulfs u