re: Was the Civil War Fought Because of Slavery? It Depends on Which Side You View

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To govern themselves as they saw fit.

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Yep. And in the Confederate constitution, they made sure to include a provision that permanently legalized slavery, protecting it from any future legislative action. Just a coincidence I am sure.

Nearly 200 years later and you still don’t get it. This is the cancer of the U.S. an unwillingness to think critically.

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The British had just started the industrial revolution.

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The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the 1760s and reached the United States by the 1790s. In fact, it was the Industrial Revolution that led to an economic boom in the South in regards to slavery due to the need for cotton to feed the textile mills in the North and in Europe.

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Did Slavery Contribute to the War Between the States?

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Better phrasing.

more magaStream media poisoning.

It was economic. The northern states were heavily populated and industrialized and thus had a majority of congressional representation and they used that power to bully the south and its agrarian economy to the benefit of the north’s industry. They imposed tariffs on imports to protect industry which led to retaliation by the UK who imported southern tobacco and cotton. The south wanted to trade directly with the UK and the north wouldn’t allow it. And pressure to end slavery added fuel to that fire because having to pay wages was uneconomical due to ag exports cratering or having to pay high tariffs to the UK on ag exports. It backed the south into a corner

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Very few were in favor of simple abolishment, in the way that we typically think of it. Very few supported a "stroke of the pen declaration" type of abolishment.

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Also Lincoln had a plan to send most slaves back to Africa. Thanks a lot, Booth

Why do people insist on dumbing-down history into sound bites? Saying that the Civil War was fought because of slavery is like saying WWII was fought because Germany invaded Poland.

Slavery absolutely was a major catalyst for the civil war but the fully story is far more complex.

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Was the Civil War Fought Because of Slavery?

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This thread has been started many times on here. And yes slavery was the main factor.

All wars are fought over economics and land. The Morrill Tarriff was the main cause initially, protecting northern industry and keeping southern cotton from being sold overseas. Cotton was the oil of the day and the south controlled 80% of all the cotton in the world.

In addition, the north controlled the railroads and rates for southern goods were always higher than rates for northern business. Slavery was just one of many economic reasons for the dispute.

The North violated the constitution with unfair taxes , trade and taking private property without just compensation. The Constitution allowed slavery and the union would have never happened without that clause.

Northern businesses saw an opportunity to bankrupt the south with the war, so they could come in and get farms, business and land for cheap and control the cotton trade and farming

Nothing in the constitution prohibits a state from leaving the union. When we won the Revolutionary War, England declared each state a sovereign Nation. Each Nation freely entered into the union.

If one state or a number of states purposely violate the constitution with unfair taxes and trade or wants to cripple the economy of other states, the contract has been broken therefore the affected states are no longer bound by the contract (constitution) and can go back to sovereign status.