yeah it was about states rights
to own slaves..............
Well the north treated the south like stuff and was just as guilty for slavery. For example all the textile mills in the north used southern cotton which came from the large cotton plantations. Plus cotton was taxed by the government, so that money went towards infrastructure projects in the north. For example railroads, paved roads, and cbrown towns were being built and allowed more industries to form in the north at the expense of the south. The slaves themselves were expensive and only the giant plantation owners could afford slaves with Lincoln being voted in, people pretty much freeked thinking that the north was going to bully them again by taking away their slaves. Kind of like today when people freaked out about Obama, except Lincoln was a Republican and the south consisted of Democrats.
Slavery had to go, but the Union was no saint in the affair either. Also another unknown fact is that the civilized tribes like the Cherokees owned black slaves of their own and fought along side the confederacy.
As for the stars and bars as well CSA flag, I say let them fly by historic places.
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