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The Civil War was not about slavery, but about secession. Point in case: the nation of Mayland. Mayland seceeded from the Union and from the Confederacy at the same time. Mayland did not allow slavery. The North overan Mayland, plundered the tiny territory, and enslaved the men of the land forcing them to fight on the side of the Union.

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Point in case: the nation of Mayland. Mayland seceeded from the Union and from the Confederacy at the same time.

Maryland did not secede at all. She remained part of the Union.

Mayland did not allow slavery.

I'm sure that would have come as a hell of a surprise to the 87,200 slaves held in the state in 1860.