What level of proof would be sufficient for you? If I showed you five, or ten, or 100 southern newspapers proclaiming the black republicans were a threat and that slavery was the reason for secession would you accept it then. How about direct quotes from 5, 10 or 100 rebel leaders? Would that be enough? Is there any level of evidence that would make you accept the fact that the southern states rebelled to protect slavery?
Because right now I feel as if i was able to resurrect Jefferson Davis, put Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth around him, and he told you to your face that the reason the south rebelled was because of slavery you would say its just one mans opinion.
Money. Show me the money. Show me how the money gets routed to whom and by whom, and i'll believe that.
People lie. People deceive. People will float what they are doing on a sea of lies, but the money tells the truth.
The money trail says the North was going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars per year, and the South was going to gain it. All else is smoke.
Here's an example of what I mean. Do you think people in New York give a rat's @$$ about people in Kansas? Look up the "Free Soil" party. You will find it was headquartered in New York city. It was very heavily concerned with the possibility that Kansas would vote to be a slave state.
It was 1,000 miles away, yet concerned about Kansas. Why? At the very least it should have been in Chicago, because Chicago is at least close to Kansas, and the doings in Kansas might have some bearing on the doings in Chicago, but New York? What possible reason would New York have to concern itself with Kansas?
It was all about controlling congress.
Let me see if I can present you with a modern example.
Why was Washington DC (in the guise of Washington Post reporter Stephanie McKrummen) concerned about Alabama electing Judge Roy Moore to the Senate? Why was New York concerned about this?
If you answered "because it affects the power of congress", go straight to the head of the class.
Now why was New York city concerned about slavery in Kansas?