Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, but it wasn’t just human rights. Slaves gave the confederate states a massive manpower and economic advantage in t

Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, but it wasn’t just human rights. Slaves gave the confederate states a massive manpower and economic advantage in the long run. Not to mention the slave trade made massive cash in itself. The union was forced as much by economics as it was by human rights, unless all the northern states would also undo their abolitionist views.