Thread:Obi the LEGO Fan/@comment-25988337-20150704210626/@comment-4845243-20150704225650

Legofrodo12 wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: "the Confederacy fought for the right to own slaves and many of them were slave owners themselves." The former Confederate States believe differently. They were fighting for State's Rights, and their right to secede from the Union. The Civil War was not just about slavery, as the history books often try to make it.

I'm not claiming that slavery was the only issue. However, the Confederate States did support the right to own slaves, and their economy depended on the use of human beings as property. This is morally despicable and repugnant, as I'm sure you agree. When they were fighting, one of the things they fought for definitely was the right to own slaves, as Lincoln was threatening to take that away.