[DiogenesLamp]

Southern paltroons, The Fire Eaters and slave owners fought to preserve slavery, simple as that.

That is certainly very simple.

V-e-r-y s-i-m-p-l-e.

[jmacusa]

And it's the truth.

Secession and the Confederacy did NOTHING to improve the lives and economy of ordinary Southerners.

In the end it ruined them.