[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "It had the effect of demonstrating slavery had nothing to do with the reasons why the North started a war with the South. "

But recruiting more slaves-states into his new Confederacy had everything to do with why Jefferson Davis decided to start war at Forts Sumter and/or Pickens.

Surely by now you understand that, right?

[DiogenesLamp]

But recruiting more slaves-states into his new Confederacy had everything to do with why Jefferson Davis decided to start war at Forts Sumter and/or Pickens.

I've heard the theory, and I don't dismiss that it might have had an influence on Davis, but i'm not convinced this is the sole reason he did what he did.

The theory has some plausibility, but I haven't seen enough supporting evidence to accept it outright.