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what did you think of the rest of my reply?

This really is not an area of consuming interest for me - none of my ancestors even lived in the US at the time of the Civil War. When I saw the post I originally responded to while browsing, I was curious and a cursory search showed me that the poster's claim of slavery not being a reason for secession was incorrect.

As to whether it was the only reason, I doubt it simply because decisions made by large numbers of people can't have a single motivation uninfluenced by other reasons. Would those other reasons have been sufficient to drive all Southern states to secede if slavery didn't exist as an issue? I don't know - after reading the secession documents I tend to doubt it but quite frankly I'm a little mystified that this subject is still a source of divisiveness. This is history - it isn't our fight.