[freefly]

Actually the South DID offer to "give up" slavery.
But that wasn't what the war was really about and the offer was turned down.
As far as the North accepting the freed slaves is concerned, several states did not allow ANY free blacks to live there.
In the South, people allowed blacks to raise their children and lived next to each other.
Not so in most of the North.
During the war, the South treated black soldiers the same as white soldiers, same pay, same medical treatment, same food, etc.
What's more, the South had black NCO's, officers, and even general staff.
The North was just the opposite: unequal pay, unequal facilities, few black NCO's, (and I think NO officers).
In the South, blacks were volunteers, in the North, the biggest riots in US history occured when the blacks were conscripted.
In short, the North was far more prejudiced against blacks than the South.
The slavery issue was used to legitamize an illegal unjust war.
The winners write the history.
Propaganda works.
There are a number of EXCELLENT threads on this issue.
If you have no luck with a search, then let me know.

[Shooter 2.5]

Can you provide a link or proof of your post? I doubt some of your facts but it's been a long time since I read some of the political history on slavery.

[Non-Sequitur]

There are a number of EXCELLENT threads on this issue.

Well bring 'em on, I'd love to read them. Especially the one where the south was willing to give up slavery.