Elaborated on greatly after the war, when defense of slavery wasn't considered a valid reason any longer even by those who led secession.
“Elaborated on greatly after the war, when defense of slavery wasn’t considered a valid reason any longer even by those who led secession.”
They had to have some valid reason to justify the insanity they brought to the people of the South. Their “states rights” justification was nothing more than a statement of states right to hold slaves, which Lincoln had offered them before real hostilities even began. Sounds like the Palestinian Authority today and the way they turn down peace offers that give them everything they asked for.
Another poster on another thread was correct; slavery in the South was individual instances of communism with the slaves doing the work and the owners getting rich. The democrat party is now moving to make all working american taxpayers slaves while they and their special interests get all of the benefits.