[Vermont Lt]

And that was as much an abomination as it was anywhere else in the country. But New Jersey did not secede.

I am not sure the point you are constantly trying to make.

[DiogenesLamp]

And that was as much an abomination as it was anywhere else in the country. But New Jersey did not secede.

I am not sure the point you are constantly trying to make.

That is very apparent by your first sentence. You say your ancestor fought "slavery", yet the only difference between South Carolina having slavery and New Jersey having slavery is that South Carolina wanted *OUT* of the US, and New Jersey didn't.

So your ancestor wasn't fighting against slavery, he was fighting against the right to Independence.

He was fighting against self determination and in favor of subjugation... which is in itself a form of slavery.