But the question on this thread was whether slavery was the cause of the Civil War. We have it from the Vice President of the Confederacy himself that the answer is yes.
Lincoln agreed with this:
"One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it."
does one person speak for a country? No course not, many people had different views n why they shoudl fight or leave the north .
Funny how America fought for indepedance but the north woudl not give the south independance .
You stated about Stephens but even old honest Abe admitted it was not about slavery.
To Brown it was, tom some slave owners it was but the vast amount of folks in te south and the north it was not.
Most in the north denied the south to have independance and most in the south wanted their freedom from the north and DC
Hey Johnny reb why you fighting
er because you are here on my land in my state
From what little I’ve read from and about him, Frederick Douglass was a very admirable and moral man. His break with some of the early feminist/romanticist and self-described abolitionist folks was well-founded and interesting, too. Oh, yes, he wanted slavery abolished, but he also knew that some who tried to cozy up to him were very dishonest and had their other agendas.