[enragedcacti]

USER

What are the primary reasons for secession as stated in the declarations by the states of the south?

talkie-1930

The primary reasons assigned for secession in the south were, first, the belief that the union was endangered by the abolition agitation at the north, and, secondly, the desire to establish a separate confederacy, in which slavery should be perpetuated and extended. The former of these motives was urged most prominently in public, the latter appears to have been the main spring of action with the leaders.

[artrockalter]

Both are true! The Confederacy did secede largely to preserve slavery, but the war was started to bring the Confederacy back into the Union, initially without the goal of also immediately abolishing slavery.