I suppose the spat with the limey's circa 1776 was really over Tea taxes?
As to slavery, no one is saying that it was not a part of the reasoning about secession, to some a big part, to others a small part, but since the North was not trying to free the slaves at that time, it was mostly other things. The North wanted to limit new States from being slave states, thus building their power base. The North was in effect trying to make slaves out of the whole south by limiting their freedom, in several ways. miles
