Quote:Regarding the first part that is in bold.    Sure the Civil War was in part about slavery, but that wasn't the only issue.  It is but one of many issues.  The sad fact of the matter is that people today only focus on one "cherry picked" part of history rather than look at the big picture.

Slavery wasn't the only issue, but it was the main issue. Some groups would rather have you forget that little detail and focus on secondary issues, like the tariff, instead. Plenty of material has been posted in this thread to demonstrate that the Civil War was about whether or not states had the right to authorize ownership of slaves, and everything else was a secondary matter. It's not cherry-picking; it's reading the words of those who wrote the articles of secession instead of focusing solely on the words of apologists.

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