Pony (12-22-2019)
They seceded because Lincoln was elected and even though the Republicans promised not to interfere with slavery in the South, the Southern States didn't believe them. The Republicans were abolitionists and were dead-set against the expansion of slavery into the territories, regardless of how moderate Lincoln was. He may not actually have done it right away, but Lincoln did free the slaves, nonetheless, and that's precisely what the South feared he would do in the first place, and why the South seceded preemptively.
You can say States Rights, and Southern Economics all you want, but what it all boils down to was slavery. Hell, if you read the Southern States' Declarations of Causes, they all named the preservation of the institution of slavery as one of the top reasons. Every state that seceded had a Declaration of Causes as to why they were seceding from the Union, and it's important to read them.
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