06-24-2015, 03:51 PM
(06-24-2015, 03:46 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: But there is a lot talk about being, FREE, SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT STATES all over the Secession Articles as well. Not limiting themselves to just the issue of slavery.
Yes, the sovereignty of the states was the reason for secession. However, the issue that brought this all up was the ability for the states to determine whether they were to be free or slave. The states in the south saw that by entering more states into the union as free states they would very shortly be outnumbered in Congress and lose the edge they had thanks to the 3/5ths compromise. Because of this, they feared the federal government would succeed in emancipating the slaves in their states which would, in their eyes, economically devastate them.
So, yes, the CSA was formed from the secession of states that felt their sovereignty was being threatened, but the issue that was threatening their sovereignty was the ability to remain a slave state.
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