The south wanted to do this because they liked slavery and the union didn't. The south then decided to brake away from the north.
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the south wanted slavery to still exist even if the union was split
Break the blockade and the South might be able to negotiate a settlement.
Because they didn't believe in slavery strongly enough to want to break up the Union.
Because they didn't believe in slavery strongly enough to want to break up the Union.
The South (confederacy)'s goal at the start of the civil war was actually not much, other than to secede from the United States. They didn't technically want to start a war, but the North (union) decided that they didn't want the South seceding and therefore declared "war". The south wanted to secede because the Union, aka the United States before the war, had passed anti-slavery laws and the South wanted to keep them.