For anyone else wanting to read further. Would also explain why Indians fought for the south without owning any slaves. History makes the south out to be big slave owners. At the height of slavery only 1.6% of the population owned slaves. Yet the south came together because of:
In 1860, the white population of the South was about 8 million, and the slave population was about 4 million. Free nonwhites were about a quarter million. Nearly 1 out of every 3 people were slaves. It hardly matters if they were all owned by 1.6% of the population.
The South came together for other reasons having to do with being in the path of war, but the war was started by Southern Democrats to break from the Union in order to continue as slave states.
Great after action excuse. Completely glosses over the fact that about a third of the Southern population were slaves. Boosting the Congressional representation of the South. And that the election of an abolitionist president would portend new states becoming non-slave, shifting the political forces in favor of national abolition,
Except when the South decided to abrogate the Constitution and throw it off.
For anyone else wanting to read further. Would also explain why Indians fought for the south without owning any slaves. History makes the south out to be big slave owners. At the height of slavery only 1.6% of the population owned slaves. Yet the south came together because of:
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states
In 1860, the white population of the South was about 8 million, and the slave population was about 4 million. Free nonwhites were about a quarter million. Nearly 1 out of every 3 people were slaves. It hardly matters if they were all owned by 1.6% of the population.
The South came together for other reasons having to do with being in the path of war, but the war was started by Southern Democrats to break from the Union in order to continue as slave states.
The war was started because the south was done being run over for a million and one reasons,
Abe's excuse to stomp them into submission with borrowed money was "slavery".
The south followed the constitution, the Yankees did not.
Great after action excuse. Completely glosses over the fact that about a third of the Southern population were slaves. Boosting the Congressional representation of the South. And that the election of an abolitionist president would portend new states becoming non-slave, shifting the political forces in favor of national abolition,
Except when the South decided to abrogate the Constitution and throw it off.
Abe said himself he didn't care about the slaves.
Good job glossing over the document you apparently didn't read..
Would you like to explain your last sentence regarding the south and the constitution?