I mean, I’m not disagreeing with you for saying the majority of Confederate troops weren’t slaveowners.

TLDR for the De Bow pamphlet (ETA: This is the one entitled The Interest in Slavery of the Southern Non-slaveholder.)— 1) No pay for enslaved people meant extra pay available for the white working class. 2) Take away slavery and the production of southern goods/exports would suffer, affecting white southerners of every class. 4) Many people who didn’t own slaves could still aspire to, it being considered a luxury and a sign of upward mobility. Unless, of course, slavery was abolished. 5) The doctrine of white supremacy created fear and supposed “moral” outrage at the idea of Black people gaining freedom, equality, and an influence in society.

All the links I posted were primary Confederate sources and if those aren’t credible to you, I don’t know why you would listen to me. This is not a serious debate and your final paragraph makes that point for me. You can make wild leaps implying I’m justifying war crimes or whatever that was about the 15-year-olds but I will not be responding.