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Originally Posted by dav3
Contrary to mainstream belief, The US Civil War was not fought because of slavery, but because of the federal government forcing laws onto individual states.
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I suspect I am one of the few with a BA in history on this board....although mainstream beliefs have forever taught it was states rights...at the root of the state's rights, were state's rights to have slavery. So, I would argue, that indeed it was slavery ie states rights that the war was fought over.