(04-10-2016 10:00 AM)bullet Wrote:  Even more than slavery, there were two things that really created the war-John Y. Brown and Dred Scott. Dred Scott meant the North no longer had "states' rights." They couldn't keep slavery out as the slaveholders were forcing their views upon them. John Y. Brown was lauded across the North. He attacked a US Army outpost to steal guns to give to slaves to kill Whites in the South. With the North applauding terrorism, the South no longer trusted the North.

These census numbers show why there was such fear in the South of a slave revolt. In MS and SC slaves were a majority. And they were close to a majority in the other deep South states. If you took out mountainous areas, they probably were the majority.

The was not about Slavery as the sole reason. Economics was the main reason. The South's economic contribution made up 75-80% of the Fed Govt money.

Lincoln was not going to allow the goose that laid the golden egg just leave.