(the REAL Uncle Tom) read the entire article, it is surprising how badly rich AND poor Americans are educated and so willing to believe the propaganda or badly researched events in our expensive public school and college text books...even "the Civil War" is misnamed, leading to a fair amount of ignorance as to the real cause of that horrible, unnecessary and costly conflict. Try this for some facts
(When in the Course of Human Events - Arguing the case of Southern Secession)...the facts are here and well presented.