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Slavery was certainly a much debated topic of the day. Slavery, was intertwined with the issue of what a state actually was and what rights a state had in our country.

The South viewed each state in strict constitutional terms believing that each state was essentially a separate and sovereign "state " or country that was tied to the Federal government only for the common defense. They believed that all other issues were for the states themselves to decide.

The North believed in one central government and wanted the Federal government to decide what each state could do.

To that end, much of the south consisted of slave states. Much of the north did not. This was not 100% true though. Some states that joined the southern cause were free states and there were states in the north that still allowed slavery.

It should be pointed out that slavery was still legal in the North after the civil war ended. It was not illegal until after Abraham Lincoln's death and was not a defining factor as to why states joined either side.

Lincoln used the slavery issue to twist what had been a states right issue into one of high moral ground. This was a masterful stroke on his part.

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