12-31-2023, 03:40 PM
(12-28-2023, 12:05 PM)pally Wrote: We can tap dance around all the other causes that are discussed but they all center around slavery.
Every state in the Confederacy mentioned slavery in their "new" state constitutions. The Articles of Succession discussed how slavery was paramount to their economy.
Economy-free labor
State's Rights-the right to keep slaves
Lincoln's election- he wanted to keep the country together but didn't want the expansion of slavery. His party, though, was for abolition
Aha! so it really WAS about the economy and "rights"!
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