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  • And I think people use this whole argument to confuse the issue.

    While the federal government wasn't the "savior of the slaves" in the way that it is often explained in elementary school, that does describe well the dichotomy of morality that existed at that time between slavers and non.

  • I don't really disagree with anything you said, I still say that it all boils down to "slavery" as the (root) cause.

    The war was caused by the federal government refusing to [...]

    Inaction isn't the "cause" of an event, so what was the action?

    I'd say: Providing (to runaway former slaves) the same safety and protections everyone else was already getting from the state (ex. Wisconsin).

    What "actions" do you think were the cause of the civil war?