THE REBEL FLAG

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The south was also supplying cotton to the northern factories. Other countries were buying raw cotton from the south so the north blockaded the ports. Much of the war was about money, sure slavery was part of the mix years before as abolitionists were prevalent in the north for many years.
Lincoln did not like slavery, he thought it was wrong but if keeping slavery meant preserving the union he would have done it. He wanted to ship them to Africa because he had no clue what to do with them after the war.
The south wanted their own country, they had the produce to sell and the money but it would have destroyed "the union"
That is what the war was about, that and money. Slavery was an incidental outcome that was used on a moral basis as justification to keep the south and their agricultural advantage over the north. They were beginning to sell to Spain, Great Britain, France and a host of other countries. It was money not morality that started the civil war. The north represented most of congress and placed tariffs on goods the south sold to foreign countries. The south thought that was wrong and seceded. Only the rich had slaves.

Slavery is certainly wrong and today there is something much worse. Human trafficking.

States Rights Jimbone.