PhoenixKing on 17 March 2010
| TheRealMafoo said: THe civil war started in 1861. Slavery was not outlawed until after the war, in 1868. It has less to do with slavery, and more to do with the souther states not liking the federal government taking over there laws (that suited the north much more then the south). Now if only there was a way to accomplish what they were trying to do, without war. That would be awesome. Time has proven them right. |
There was still the fear of Lincoln abolishing slavery, which was admittedly unfounded at the time, it was also fiercely debated and was a major reason for the events that took place in 1861-1868. Buchanan's inaction may have been one of the main reasons it happened but to try and devalue the issue of slavery that was one of the main driving forces behind that decision to break away from the Union is, with all due respect, a rather naive thing to do.
