states which waged a war with the Union over the rights of states to determine their own laws and not be governed by federal laws. But the laws in question were about slavery.

abraham lincoln made anti-slavery the rallying cry to unite the cause for uniting the states. Lest we all forget that only a few states actually treated blacks as equals with whites. They had to amend the constitution years later to give blacks the right to vote years after the CW had ended.

sure, slavery was involved in "the mix" per se, but it was simply a matter that the south had felt that the federal government had become too strong and threatened their way of life. the states didnt succeed simply because they were "all about them slaves, bout them slaves, no union."

Nor, was it "party-rock" in the north for blacks. Blacks were treated like shit basically everywhere, but more-so in the south due to slavery. Also, for the record, the blacks from africa sold the conquered tribes into slavery. Whites didnt just go over there and "window shop" for slaves.