[meepmorp]

> it was one side forcing the other to get back in line and give up its slaves.

This is a hilariously skewed understanding of the civil war. Do you also believe the south seceded over states rights?

[tomrod]

Over their states rights to hold slaves, which were an important component in the agrarian economy and an established part of the Antebellum culture.

[ultraluminous]

If only the slaves had any appreciation to the important component they were in their slave master's culture, they'd probably complain a lot less and try harder to accommodate their agrarian needs.

sadly necessary /s