Wow you really have been tempted by propaganda.
I'm well-read in history. We've just come to different conclusions.
Here's the thing, and I mean this should tell you right away, the WAR WAS NOT ABOUT SLAVERY.
I disagree. I think nearly every issue the south comes up with, whether its states rights, tariffs, cultural differences, industrialization, etc. It all boils down to the south's economy being based on slave labor, and it crippled the rest of their economy because free men can't compete with slave labor.
The Confederate Constitution ended the slave trade, almost completely, the only international trade of slavery was to be solely with the United States.
You make it sound like they were world-leaders in this regard. The international slave trade was largely dead by this point in time.
The First act of Jefferson Davis as President of the CSA was to veto a bill that favored expanding slavery.
I'll admit I'm not familiar with this, so if you could provide more details here I'd appreciate it.
Jefferson Davis had been anti-slavery, however, He understood why it was necessary to filter it out over time, because the South's infrastructure and economy depended upon it.
I don't know how you can say he was anti-slavery, since he owned slaves.
Sounds really anti-slavery to me. Also, in 1860 Davis submitted six resolutions to the Senate, including the right to maintain slavery in the South. Again, sounds really anti-slavery.
And yes, the economy depended on it, which is why they were fighting to preserve it.
The Confederate Constitution set a time of 20 years in which slavery would be mostly eradicated, and the Southern Economy would not be harmed.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
Here is the text of the Constitution of the Confederate States.
Would you kindly point me to the section that eradicates slavery after 20 years? I can't seem to find it. It's in the same constitution that says this, though:
" No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed [by Congress]"
The constitution prohibited the Confederate Congress from abolishing or limiting slavery in Confederate territories.
70% of Southern soldiers did not own slaves, why would they fight for it.
One of the things the south was complaining about is the North's refusal to expand slavery into to the western territories. Most southern soldiers may not have owned slaves, but they had the dream of one day holding slaves. And they believed in the institution of slavery and institutionalized racism.
Maybe if you ever picked up a book johnny, you'd understand what the war was about. As soon as I get my books unpacked at my new house I'd be happy to share with you both sides of the story.
Wow, well you don't need to be so condescending.
I'm well aware of both sides of the story, I just think that modern pro-confederacy historians are overlooking the giant elephant in the room.
Here's a few more historical perspectives:
According to historian Kenneth M. Stampp, each section used states' rights arguments when convenient, and shifted positions when convenient.[20]
Stampp mentioned Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens' A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States as an example of a Southern leader who said that slavery was the "cornerstone of the Confederacy" when the war began and then said that the war was not about slavery but states' rights after Southern defeat. Stampp said that Stephens became one of the most ardent defenders of the Lost Cause.[21]
The historian William C. Davis also mentioned inconsistencies in Southern states' rights arguments. He explained the Confederate Constitution's protection of slavery at the national level as follows:
To the old Union they had said that the Federal power had no authority to interfere with slavery issues in a state. To their new nation they would declare that the state had no power to interfere with a federal protection of slavery. Of all the many testimonials to the fact that slavery, and not states rights, really lay at the heart of their movement, this was the most eloquent of all.[22]
also:
From Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens's "Cornerstone Speech," Savannah, March 21, 1861:
(Thomas Jefferson's) ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. ... Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition.
... this is why one can lose battles with 95% chances to win (ingame I mean 
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