[Moonman62]

Lincoln was a response to a determined effort by the proponents of slavery to extend slavery into the new territories of the west,

Not only that, but once the CSA was formed it would have gone on a land grab, using slavery to take and hold the new territory.

People in the North and probably quite a few in the South wanted to settle the new territory, and become prosperous using their own labor.

[CodeToad]

“Not only that, but once the CSA was formed it would have gone on a land grab, using slavery to take and hold the new territory.

People in the North and probably quite a few in the South wanted to settle the new territory, and become prosperous using their own labor.
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Debatable. The North had the money, not the South. It was very poor by comparison. I think by the time the South had the money slavery would have already been a goner. No doubt there would have been a race between the two to expand their territories, but I don’t think slavery would have been much of an issue. If anything I think Texas would have expanded into the western areas.