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> it was one side forcing the other to get back in line and give up its slaves.

This is a hilariously skewed understanding of the civil war. Do you also believe the south seceded over states rights?

Over their states rights to hold slaves, which were an important component in the agrarian economy and an established part of the Antebellum culture.

If only the slaves had any appreciation to the important component they were in their slave master's culture, they'd probably complain a lot less and try harder to accommodate their agrarian needs.

sadly necessary /s

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