That's true, the south's wealthy leadership was fighting to keep their slaves as their wealth depended on it. But Lincoln, and before him, Jackson, specificall

That's true, the south's wealthy leadership was fighting to keep their slaves as their wealth depended on it. But Lincoln, and before him, Jackson, specifically said the northern aggression towards the south was not because of slavery. Jackson even made a very explicit statement that exactly this was happening, and that slavery was only a "pretext" and not the real reason. That is reality though it is very unfortunate that humans can often be like this.