The idea that the Civil War was fought over the issue of s***ery is incorrect.
"It seems that the root cause of the Civil War was not s***ery, it was taxation. Over a century before anyone had even coined the term, “f**e news,” our own government put a spin on the real cause of the Civil War which has been the accepted t***h in history books and media to this day. Here’s how taxes caused the Civil War."
The cause of the Civil War dates back to long before the first shots were fired by the South at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in 1861. In fact, economic disputes between the North and South existed even before the Revolutionary War (also fought over taxes!), and things got even worse with the Tariff of 1828.
Called the, “Black Tariff” or “Tariff of A*********n,” (meaning, “the most evil thing ever,”) the tariff was created to repay the national debt (who does that?!) after the War of 1812. However, by 1832 the national debt was paid and there was no reason for such high taxes. The tariff had created a favorable situation for the North, who benefited greatly from such high taxes.
The South produced and exported most of the goods in America, and under the tariff, that resulted in the South paying about 75% of all taxes in America."
https://www.mightytaxes.com/taxes-caused-civil-war/Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated his war was caused by taxes only, and not by s***ery, at all.
"My policy sought only to collect the Revenue (a 40 percent federal sales tax on imports to Southern States under the Morrill Tariff Act of 1861)." reads paragraph 5 of Lincoln's First Message to the U.S. Congress, penned July 4, 1861.
"I have no purpose, directly or in-directly, to interfere with the institution of s***ery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so," Lincoln said it his first inaugural on March 4 of the same year.
There is no proof of Lincoln ever declaring the war was fought to abolish s***ery, and without such an official statement, the war-over-s***ery teaching remains a complete lie and offensive h**e speech that divides Americans, as is being done now by the media and politicians regarding the Confederate f**g in South Carolina.
https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/06/war-over-s***ery_rhetoric_is_i.html