[Walts Ice Pick]

But the south seceded anyway because it wasn’t about slavery, it was about states rights.

That's right and that's why I linked Mississippi's Declaration of Secession:

http://americancivilwar.com/documents/causes_mississippi.html

Let's let the people who were there speak for themselves about what they felt was important.

Let's workk together to bury the ignorance.

[golux]

...But here are South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas as well:

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html

You really can see that Mississippi stands out like a ‘sore thumb’ when it comes to slavery.

[beckysueb]

You are right. I was just agreeing with you and adding to your post.