BS.
Last week there was a thread on this, and there were perhaps 10 different people claiming that "we fought a war to end slavery."
I hadn't seen that thread but I looked through it and counted 2 people mistakenly making that claim (well, 3 if I count one of your posts). Most people do not claim that at all. There is a difference between stating "we fought a war to end slavery" and "we fought a war over slavery".
Not BS. I gave you a link. That is evidence. Go there and read how many people said the war was fought to end slavery. I'll wait.
I hadn't seen that thread but I looked through it and counted 2 people mistakenly making that claim (well, 3 if I count one of your posts). Most people do not claim that at all.
The following people either said or implied that the war was fought over slavery. There were two others that I might have counted, but they were ambiguous, so I left them out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=12#12
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=18#18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=19#19
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=23#23
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=28#28
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=51#51
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=78#78
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=86#86
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3544914/posts?page=88#88
There is a difference between stating "we fought a war to end slavery" and "we fought a war over slavery".
No there isn't. It is a distinction without a difference.
The fact remains that the war was fought to stop the Southern States from having economic independence from Washington D.C. Lincoln clearly stated that "If you like your Slavery, you can keep your Slavery".
It wasn't until January of 1863 that he made Slavery a major aspect of the War, but only regarding those states that continued to fight him. If they would have laid down their arms and surrendered, he would have let them continue having slavery.