Well you started out pretty well but you kinda fell apart towards the end. The issue of slavery has been a bone of contention since even before our nations founding. A hundred years either way and it wouldn’t have had the impact that it had. But the flow of history was unrelenting and the end of the days of slavery were inevitable.
Over the 70-odd years since our nations founding the north sought only to contain the spread of slavery. The south not only wanted to expand slavery into every corner that it could but wished to implicate the north into the administration of the Peculiar Institution.
BTW: There is no “guaranteed the right to leave the union” and never was.
BTW2: You’re correct that the south had an agricultural economy but so did the north - even absent slave field hands.
I can see from other threads that you’ve been treated to several quotes from southerners that plainly stated that slavery was their reason for their “secession” but I can offer plenty more if you would like.
The north went to war to defend the union and ended up saving the slaves. The south went to war to defend slavery and ended up losing everything.
BTW3: Lincolns views were mainstream for the time and mild compared to the typical slaver.
BTW4: The southern states weren’t denied any constitutional rights and the nation was divided at the behest of the slavocracy long before Lincoln issued the EP.
“BTW3: Lincolns views were mainstream for the time and mild compared to the typical slaver.”
What WAS the “Typical Slaver?” Are you INCLUDING the SLAVERS of the NORTHERN STATES who were NOT included in the Emancipation Proclamation. ONLY the states in Rebellion were to be wiped out economically, the other slave owning states were “excused” from being forced to free their slaves. Seems that was a bit one sided, don’t you think? What happened to the “even” hand of justice? As I stated, the Emancipation Proclamation was an act by Lincoln intended to destroy the south. DESTROY being the key word. He was afraid England and France would aid the South.
What about the numerous BLACK Slave Owners? Do you call them “Slavers” also? What about the BLACKS who fought for the south? Some were “Slavers” and some were not. You can continue to cherry pick all you want, but your overview of the Civil War needs some serious readjustment. In order to correctly evaluate the history, you must take into account ALL the variable factors, which you do not! Why don’t you point out that the IMPORTERS of SLAVES were from the NORTH?
Dodge and Feint is the number one weapon of so called “history buffs.” Pick and choose those who agree with you, but ignore the rest! That is why our children do not know the history of the United States.
I also find it disgusting that nobody ever mentions the Indentured “Slaves,” who often died during their years of work.