re: University of Alabama system to review all building names, remove Confederate Army plaques

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ut I think slavery was THE sole reason for secession

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Slavery wasn't the only reason to attempt secession, but it was the only one important enough to shed blood over. Denying the war was over the threat to slavery the southern states felt is simply denying fact. Of course it was.

Slightly related is the discussion about what would have happened if Beauregard hadn't fired on Sumter. Until that happened the north was far from united over what to do. It was a Pearl Harbor moment.

Funny/sad thing is that slavery would have ended very soon anyhow. Even without international pressure (which was going to get stronger and stronger), the simple fact was that the modern technology that was rapidly arriving could do most of the same jobs better and faster than people.