[lentulusgracchus]

Slavery was the cause of the war: ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

Not so, and your shouting while saying so -- and quoting wiki written by Leftist contributors -- doesn't make it so.

[BroJoeK]

BJK: "Slavery was the cause of the war: ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

lentulusgracchus: "Not so, and your shouting while saying so -- and quoting wiki written by Leftist contributors -- doesn't make it so."

Well, now I'm delighted to learn that you object to SHOUTING. Do you also object to SHOUTING by our rebel posters?

And I note your objection to a few words from Wikipedia.

But would you also object to reading the actual "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union"?

Here's my question: Which part of South Carolina's Declaration does NOT relate to slavery?

Here's that Wiki link again:Wiki on Civil War:

"South Carolina did more to advance nullification and secession than any other Southern state. South Carolina adopted the "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" on December 24, 1860. It argued for states' rights for slave owners in the South, but contained a complaint about states' rights in the North in the form of opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act, claiming that Northern states were not fulfilling their federal obligations under the Constitution. All of the alleged violations of the rights of Southern states were related to slavery."