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08-11-2015, 11:09 AM
I disagree. Slavery was a PART of the reason for the Civil War. Specifically the expansion of slavery. Also the abolish movement was a factor. You are correct however, in that the cotton gin was making slavery economically unviable. That is why the British abolished it. I would say slavery was a bigger deal in the North than the South clearly. A study of politics in the South and such leaders as "States Rights" Gist (his actual given name) prove that it was about states rights more than anything, and not willing to be told what to do by northern states. Interestingly enough the Civil War didn't prove or disprove a states right to leave the Union. It maintained the union by force of arms. It would be an interesting court case if a state filed suit to leave the Union, and let the SCOTUS decide the issue.
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Col. Jeff Cooper
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Col. Jeff Cooper