You're right, Pathfinder. The Civil War really was all about resolving the open questions that were left over when the US evolved out of the original Articles of Confederation to the present US Constitution.
Also interesting side fact, many free blacks owned black slaves:
http://americancivilwar.com/authors/...laveowners.htm
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Originally posted by Pathfinder
Only a relatively small number of southerners actually owned slaves. Most southerners were to poor to own slaves. The fight was primarliy over state rights, which of course involved the right to own slaves.
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