The Civil War Really Was About Slavery. Really. It Was.

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24. The war was started because the North would not cooperate with the South regarding slavery

The North was aiding slave escapes, not honoring the Fugitive Slave Act, and Congress was approximately split down the middle regarding allowing slavery to exist long-term in the Union.

Meanwhile, the South had its eye on Mexico and Caribbean as potential source of slaves and was expanding plans for a slave based economy.

Some say it was tariffs/taxes that caused it, however, the truth is, southern tariffs were at their lowest point just before the war and not cited as a cause in any of the succession documents. Slavery, however, is frequently mentioned as a right worth defending with succession and blood.

The South built their economy and lifestyle on the backs of slaves. They were being threatened by the general population of the North and by Lincoln's time there were only a handful of Congressman preventing war between North and South.

The conventions of secession were about several things including leaving the Union and forming alliances for defense in the inevitable war that all knew would follow.

Upon succession, the South viewed the North as a hostile enemy to its way of life and war quickly broke out.

At time of war, in terms of goods, the South had achieved a massive economic advantage over the North because of slavery.

The Civil War was fought over the principal of slavery as being the primary economic engine of the US. It dwarfs any other complaint of the South against the North.