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So true.
Until 8th grade, we were told it was about slavery.
Until 12th grade, we were told it was about state's rights.
In college, we found out it was about sectarianism and economics.
I wonder if part of getting a phd in american history involves being let in on the secret that it was really about lincoln being gay.
In truth, it was a combination of all those issues. But people like Yagmi will sit there and tell you it was about a single issue, vilifying the south as some kind of empire of slave traders that had to be stopped at all costs.
That's simply not true and the North had just as much hand in the events that led up to the South seceding as any other factor. Slavery really was secondary to the whole issue. With the advent of the cotton gin, slavery would have probably died out in the South anyway, given a few more decades.