Nineties schlock with dishonest history

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2019)

Having a degree in history and real world life experience, most people with a general education who watches Hollywood movies would believe slave trading and slavery ended because some people had a heart and thought it was wrong. That simply is not true. The United States refused to allow the importation of slaves around 1807. Look at what happened three years prior to this; the Haitian Revolution ended and their independence was declared. The French lost their colony and other colonial nations saw the writing on the wall and realized they were next unless something was done.
Which leads us to the Civil War. The North did not want the slaves freed out of the goodness of their hearts. They looked at the number of slaves compared to freed men there, rising number of slave rebellions and knew if it continued, it was only going to get worse, possibly leading to a loss of states and war. Of course, if you're the South and own plantations, you're going to milk this as long as you can because supporting emancipation will probably lead to your bankruptcy. This was why the Civil War was really fought, to preserve the Union, one way or the other.
So yes, this movie is childish and inaccurate. Would really love to see a Hollywood movie that portrays slavery issues accurately. The Saturday Morning Cartoon quality nonsense is lame and outdated.