[DiogenesLamp]

And I’m glad they lost! Look what they were fighting to preserve. An economic system based on the use of slave labor.

They didn't have to fight to preserve that. That was the law in the Union. Staying in the Union would have preserved it.

[jmacusa]

What’s up Lampster, still crazy, ain’t , ain’t ya?

[BroJoeK]

jmacusa: "And I’m glad they lost!
Look what they were fighting to preserve.
An economic system based on the use of slave labor."

DiogenesLamp: They didn't have to fight to preserve that.
That was the law in the Union.
Staying in the Union would have preserved it."

Not according to Fire Eaters' "Reasons for Secession" documents which make clear that protecting slavery's future against "Black Republicans" was their number one concern.