No, it wasn’t a factor that was emphasized later. It’s sometimes a conservative talking point that it was about ‘economics’ or ‘states rights’ but really the ec

No, it wasn’t a factor that was emphasized later. It’s sometimes a conservative talking point that it was about ‘economics’ or ‘states rights’ but really the economics they were talking about was free labour from slavery, and the states rights they were talking about were the southern states rights to allow slave ownership. Slavery was always the main issue. Anyone saying otherwise is just trying to divert attention from that fact or is totally ignorant or the history.