You accepted a slave state into the Union during the Civil War.

It's because the Civil War was not in fact about slavery despite the decades of historical revisionism that took place to vilify the situation. It was about secession and that's all it ever was about. The northern states knew they couldn't survive without the south, and that's all it was.

You accepted a slave state into the Union during the Civil War.

It's because the Civil War was not in fact about slavery despite the decades of historical revisionism that took place to vilify the situation. It was about succession and that's all it ever was about. The northern states knew they couldn't survive without the south, and that's all it was.