I’m not arguing the right to secession. Again, the question is what was the REASON that eleven states felt secession was JUSTIFIED. Little good can come from decisions based on “silly, flimsy, groundless and absurd” reasons. The American Revolution certainly wasn’t based on faulty logic.
As we continue to dispel the bogus reasoning of the Neo-Confederate Lost Cause mythology, the reason comes down to the only real threat to Southern wealth, the potential end of slavery.
To recap:
The reason for secession was the South’s desire to preserve slavery.
The trigger for secession was the election of Abraham Lincoln, which fed fear of the abolitionist foundation of the Republican Party.
The American Civil War began when units of the South Carolina Militia fired upon a Union fort in Charleston harbor.
It is the crux of the entire matter. If you are not arguing the right to secession, you are not honestly arguing about the civil war.
They had a right to leave, and nobody had a right to stop them from leaving. The Northern states even acknowledged this prior to the war. "Errant sisters, go in peace!"