In your opinion.
Call it states rights or second-class citizenship it you want, the underlying issue was slavery and the protection of it at all costs as a viable institution in the U.S. The south, correctly, viewed slavery as the cornerstone of their economic well-being, and the fabric of their southern society. They viewed the election of the Republican administration as a threat to that institution, and as their reason for rebellion.
No, not in my opinion. I did correct you.
Call it states rights or second-class citizenship it you want, the underlying issue was slavery
BZZZZTTT!! States' rights and self-determination. IOW, the whole ball of wax. That's what Abe Lincoln attacked -- legally, politically, militarily, every way he could.
One president. One outcome. One vision.
Everyone else was wrong. Anyone who stood up, went to prison or was killed on the battlefield.
and the protection of it at all costs as a viable institution in the U.S. The south, correctly, viewed slavery as the cornerstone of their economic well-being, and the fabric of their southern society. They viewed the election of the Republican administration as a threat to that institution, and as their reason for rebellion.