I agree the war was not about slavery. It was about putting down an insurrection and preserving the Union.
However, secession was 100% about slavery and without secession there would have been no war.
What insurrection? When did the Confederacy try to destroy the US government?
and preserving the Union.
When it's done at gunpoint it's called 'subjugation'. (look the word up if you're not entirely sure of the definition)
However, secession was 100% about slavery
That's the affirmative action, politically correct, revisionist yankee version, alright.
without secession there would have been no war.
Correction: without Lincoln's invasion there would have been no war.