It was a battle for control and political power, as things always are. For as much as the antebellum south bamboozled poor non-slave-owning farmers to fight for the Confederacy, so too did non-classical liberal elites in the north justify their aggression with abolition. Look up the New York City draft riots of 1863 to gauge public support for war in the north:
Were all these northern anti-war folks secretly racist? Doubtful. More understanding of straight supply and demand labor-wise.
Check the standard stories of rural mountain men of the north who didn't have a dog in the fight, who opposed the Lincoln administration, its conduct of the war, and the new draft laws.
Don't forget it was the northern states who only wanted to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of congressional apportionment.
Recall also the northern states were importing immigrants en masse from Europe to boost their state numbers for the very same reason (political power), and were using slavery / minority issues to garner support for their party (sound familiar today?)
We're back in the same boat today with these sanctuary cities and accepting criminal aliens. They affect apportionment on a national level, and fix elections on a state and local level.
It was a battle for control and political power, as things always are. For as much as the antebellum south bamboozled poor non-slave-owning farmers to fight for the Confederacy, so too did non-classical liberal elites in the north justify their aggression with abolition. Look up the New York City draft riots of 1863 to gauge public support for war in the north:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots
Were all these northern anti-war folks secretly racist? Doubtful. More understanding of straight supply and demand labor-wise.
Check the standard stories of rural mountain men of the north who didn't have a dog in the fight, who opposed the Lincoln administration, its conduct of the war, and the new draft laws.
Don't forget it was the northern states who only wanted to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of congressional apportionment.
Recall also the northern states were importing immigrants en masse from Europe to boost their state numbers for the very same reason (political power), and were using slavery / minority issues to garner support for their party (sound familiar today?)
We're back in the same boat today with these sanctuary cities and accepting criminal aliens. They affect apportionment on a national level, and fix elections on a state and local level.