Were those not the very same reasons why the South continued slavery?
You're jumping in late. You gotta follow the entire thread.
I was responding to a poster who stated that some of us Southerners were tolerant of and even advocates for slavery. An absurd statement that the poster was unable to justify with actual evidence. The thread took a direction in which it appeared that the poster was unaware of the norths involvement in slavery and, eventually, you jumped in.
You can't be a cherry picker on these threads unless you're a troll or want to known as one.
You nailed it. Leaders in the south had aspirations of perpetuating and expanding slavery and would do ANYTHING to stop those who opposed them. The writing was on the wall regarding slavery but they chose to be belligerent and traitorous as they cooked up their scheme to rip our nation apart.
Their despicable actions plunged our entire country into a miserable war that cost 600,000+ lives. That is the legacy of the confederacy and revisionism about crops and tariffs is simply a smokescreen.