The Confederate Constitution is definitely not a libertarian charter, but to my reading appears very superior to the federal charter. Among other items, it eliminates the hopelessly ambiguous “general welfare” clause, prohibits special tariffs and other targeted taxation, and prohibits the importation of more slaves. The institution would have eventually died out, as it did in the Roman Empire, without the extreme government-engendered dystopia that continues to this day.
What do you think Lincoln was doing when he attacked the South over tariffs? Enforcing union slavery over people who wanted to peacefully secede.
Also, Lincoln supported slavery, and did not think blacks were equal either, he was determined to send them out of the country. ALSO the North also practiced slavery, and the Constitution protected the right to own slaves as well.
You could really do with some exposure to Tom DiLorenzo.
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views."
I’m pretty sure the North conscripted many young men for the war as well. Isn’t that basically outright slavery too? Maybe even worse, because they might be killed?
Not all southerners owned slaves. That was a certain class in Southern society. Southern slavery would end on its own more peacefully than this whole folly of war. The slaves that were enlsaved were technically taking a job away from a free labor white Southerner. This resulted in a net migration to the North. Jefferson Davis near the end of the war also promised to emancipate the slaves who had fought with the Confederacy. What you have to remember about 19th century Christian white men was that they thought they were educating blacks and giving them good skills before they can set them free.