Civil War from a Northern Perspective

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…This law suit was a major contributing factor to the firing on our Fort Sumter. All people have inalienable rights and every one deserves their freedom. Isn't that what America is all about? The South teared the Union apart by succeeding the states. It was a very selfish act on their part. The actions of the South were insulting to the Constitution, and their behavior was atrocious to the slaves and to all of mankind.