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You might want to take that up with Phil Kent. In his book The Dark Side of Liberalism he states:

Did not millions of Americans die in a war ostensibly fought to end slavery in the US? Of course, for the record, it was the United States and Britain that led the world in abolishing slavery. The worst slavery occurring today is in Africa and it involves blacks or Arabs enslaving blacks.

For the record, Kent is president of Southeastern Legal Foundation, a conservative public interest law firm. He is an award winning journalist and appears regularly on FNC.

If liberals were that upset about slavery, they'd be leading protests against it in the modern world. Instead they want to take down some statues.

Reminds me of the Taliban blowing up the ancient Buddhist statues because they offended muslims. They were not constructed to offend.

Did not millions of Americans die in a war ostensibly fought to end slavery in the US?

Exactly. Ostensible. Only in the last 40 years has such fallacy been taught in schools. I have never seen a historical record of the North fighting against slavery.

There were a few abolitionists in New England. I'll give you that.

You might want to take that up with Phil Kent. In his book The Dark Side of Liberalism he states:

Did not millions of Americans die in a war ostensibly fought to end slavery in the US? Of course, for the record, it was the United States and Britain that led the world in abolishing slavery.

The North's objective for the first couple of years was preservation of the Union, not ending slavery. Here is a resolution of the US House of Representatives from July 22, 1861:

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government, and in arms around the capitol; that in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.

The Senate passed a resolution with substantially the same wording on July 25, 1861.