And you do like to twist things into knots. The purpose of this post seemed to be that slavery could not be a cause of the Southern rebellion because so few people owned slaves. It ignores the fact that far more people drew direct benefit from slavery than merely the slave owners. Therefore it makes sense that the South would be willing to rebel to protect it. You, on the other hand, throw in useless questions about the North benefiting from slavery when slavery was not a reason why they fought the war that was forced upon them.
Slavery was not a reason why they fought the war? Call the Newspapers! People need to be informed!
If they didn't fight the war to end slavery, why then did they fight the war?