[Non-Sequitur]

It existed but it nothing to do with the reasons for the war.

Of course not.

The war was rooted in the desire of the South to be free from Northern authority...

And the fact that this desire suddenly manifested itself with the election of a President opposed to the expansion of slavery was purely coincidental, right?

It’s one reason Southerners ended up going to Brazil because they viewed the war as leading to the inevitable destruction of the Southern agrarian-foreign trade based society.

They went to Brazil because once their rebellion was over that was about the last place where slavery was legal.

[Marie]

“And the fact that this desire suddenly manifested itself with the election of a President opposed to the expansion of slavery was purely coincidental, right? “

If there were true, then why was there a provision in the Confederate’s constitution outlawing the importing of slaves?

The South was being bent over by Washington for export taxes. The more populous northern states were crushing them in congress on one small issue after another.

The Civil War was caused by *unjust taxes*, not slavery.