After reading several histories of the War Between the States, I came - with some reluctance - to the view that this was indeed a war fought not to free slaves, but to enslave free men.
Indeed... And think about this: Why on Earth would the North want to associate with the South in the first place? It makes no sense. One party says, “Hey, you think we suck, we don’t want to live here anymore, so we’re going to do our own thing.” The other party says, “NO! You ain’t going anywhere you racist sack of shite!’ It... is... ALWAYS... about power.