[SoCal Pubbie]

So then Southerners DID secede to preserve slavery, since that was the source of their money. That’s the inescapable conclusion to be drawn from your own words.

[DiogenesLamp]

So then Southerners DID secede to preserve slavery, since that was the source of their money.

You really really want to keep repeating that mantra in the hopes that it will eventually persuade someone.

The hole in your theory is the fact that they would still have slavery if they *didn't* secede. It's funny how you keep zooming right past that without acknowledging that the Union was going to keep legal slavery for at least 40 more years.

Their 4 billion in assets would not be lost from staying in the Union. Kinda blows your whole motive thing.

That’s the inescapable conclusion to be drawn from your own words.

Inescapable? Wasn't even confining. It was tissue paper.