[rockrr]

The Union did not enter the Civil War to free the slaves. The Union entered the Civil War because the southern slavocracy went to war against them.

[RegulatorCountry]

The Union did not enter the Civil War to free the slaves. The Union entered the Civil War because the southern slavocracy went to war against them.

... but the northern slavocracy in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri remained in the Union, and the Emancipation Proclamation had no effect upon the over 450,000 slaves in Union-held territory, did it?

[jeffersondem]

“The Union did not enter the Civil War to free the slaves.”

If that is true, then we can forever dismiss the notion that the North fought for some high moral cause like “freeing the slaves.”

But fight they did and for something they considered more important - their own best self-interest.

[DiogenesLamp]

The Union did not enter the Civil War to free the slaves. The Union entered the Civil War because the southern slavocracy went to war against them.

By taking away their money stream from Europe.