Not letting you off the hook here. Tell me how slavery gets abolished if the Southern states remain in the Union.
*YOU* explain how the Union would abolish slavery if the Southern states remained in it.
You are just regurgitating the crap you've heard all your life. Now i'm asking you to weigh the evidence.
How does the 35 states of the Union get rid of slavery in 1861?
You made very clear your position that slavery was not the primary cause of the civil war. I provided historical documentation refuting that position. The mechanics of how Slavery would or would not have been abolished absent a war is irrelevant.