One of the myths about the Civil War is that the Southern states seceded to protect slavery. This is an incorrect interpretation of the historical record for the following reasons. 1. As Tom Woods points out at the 13:50 minute mark of this video, in fact many southern planters didn't want secession. 2. Besides, only one-third of the southern population owned slaves. This fact alone makes it unlikely that slavery could ever have been the dominant reason for secession. 3. The US Constitution already protected slavery to an extent, so if Southerners only cared about slavery, then they should have stayed inside the Union since then they could have cited the US Constitution to enforce slavery. Remember that the 'Fugitive Slave Clause' required Northerners to return slaves to Southerners, and Southerners were objecting to the lack of enforcement by the North of a provision that they had agreed to. That section said: No person held to service or labour in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.
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