[VanDeKoik]

They left because they didn’t get their way in the 1860 election after forcing their pro-slavery agenda on the rest of the nation for decades.

[jeffersondem]

“They left because they didn’t get their way in the 1860 election after forcing their pro-slavery agenda on the rest of the nation for decades.”

I know so little about history . . . are you saying the South was fighting to preserve slavery and the north was fighting to end slavery?