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08-11-2015, 09:56 AM
These are all correct. None of the Southern states were involved in transporting slaves to the US that was all down to Northern states like Massachusetts. Nearly all Southern leaders supported the gradual freeing and emancipation of slaves. Most importantly, the civil war was never about slavery... that was the excuse used by Northern states to get Southern resources for pennies on the dollar. In all the writings of Southern soldiers from Generals to Infantrymen, not one person ever stated that they were fighting to preserve slavery. I've lived in the South for many years and my wife is a Southerner, so I feel particularly impassioned about this, since peoples idea that the war was about slavery is just plain 100% wrong.