It's also very interesting that the Emacipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederate States. Slavery was a political tool used by the north rather than an actual cause or reason for the war. It is the simpletons who today further this arguement. They are gripped for some reason with a feeling of guilt and have become prisoners of political correctness on the issue.
Well said. Virginia and Arkansas rejected ordinances of secession prior to Lincoln's call to arms in April 1861. Two days after Lincoln's directive to raise 75,000 men to fight against citizens, Virginia seceded; Arkansas seceded weeks later in May.
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I asked about causes and reasons of secession, not the war. The war began after a group of seven Southern states had already seceded (and thereafter attacked the United States). I ask again: can anyone suggest a reason why the seven original Confederate states seceded which is not founded in slavery? "Most soldiers didn't own slaves" is not an answer.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and arguably Missouri were all slave states that stayed in the Union.