@Diceynes @ForBritain

No the fight was over states rights. Yes the southerners were in the wrong for owning slaves, it put normal working farmers out of work because how can you complete with slave labor? And they were importing the Africans here which didn't belong here and would later bring HUGE problems.

However Lincoln had no right try to act like a facist dictator, telling them what to do. The constitution of the US does not give the President king powers, although they have been trying to tack those on over the years.