“From what i gather the confederates were not fighting to maintain the slaves they were fighting for FREEDOM from the north.”
Confederates were fighting for freedom from the North so that they could continue the practice of involuntary servitude and the right to buy and sell human beings as if they are common farm animals.
“Confederates were fighting for freedom from the North so that they could continue the practice of involuntary servitude and the right to buy and sell human beings as if they are common farm animals.”
True, the Confederate constitution was pro-slavery. But then the United States constitution was pro-slavery.
True, the Confederate president took an oath to protect and defend his nation’s pro-slavery constitution. But then U.S. president Lincoln took an oath - twice - to protect and defend his nation’s pro-slavery constitution.
After the emancipation proclamation, one of those presidents added a slave state to his nation.
Do you know which one?