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Originally Posted by GatorB
you=TARD. why do you think the South left the Union after Lincoln got elected? SLAVERY. Those against slavery overwhelmingly voted for Lincoln.
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It wasn't just slavery. There are many who believe that the south left the Union because they were the economic center of the country and they were tired of the North leeching off of their hard work. Slavery was part of it because slavery made that economic power possible, but they made so much money with tobacco and cotton that they felt they could be richer if they didn't have to support the North.