Slavery was used more as recruiting propaganda by the North. Southerners were fighting to protect their culture, and states' rights. Most Southerners at that time were too poor to own slaves. I'm not saying that slavery wasn't prevalent or that it wasn't a problem, but it was exaggerated by a good amount. Many slaves were owned by one family that owned a plantation, and many whites worked alongside the slaves. The difference was that the white men were employees, rather than slaves. There wasn't one slave to each family. My family, even though they were Southern farmers, never owned any slaves. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iRdACheef619 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SmD x MaYHeM x States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves. [/quote]Sure, the men who fought in the war may haven't but many did own slaves in the south, to say that slavery wasn't the main cause for the South to leave the Union is.. political-incorrect. [/quote]