[jlogajan]

See #105 above. South Carolina explicitly states the reason for their decision to secede was because of slavery.

[stainlessbanner]

I have read your c&p excerpt many times, however it doesn't answer all the questions about the causes. However, one must address cultural differences, political and economic factors, taxation, etc.

"It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties."

-Gen Patrick Cleburne, CSA