Letter writer Sheila Bailey is probably accurate that most Southerners fought for their homes and not slavery during the Civil War (“For poorer Southerners, war wasn’t about slavery,” Jan. 8). However ...

BERLIN, N.H. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley declined Wednesday to say slavery was a cause of the Civil War, arguing instead that it came down to “the role of government.” At a New ...

Nikki Haley on Thursday sought to clarify her comments about the Civil War one day after a voter in New Hampshire called her out for not mentioning slavery as a cause of the war. “I mean, of course ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley declined on Wednesday night to say that slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S. Civil War, an omission she corrected ...