Georgia - As Fucked Up As Texas

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But to the South, slavery was the issue that broke the camel's back. It was dressed as state's rights and the "Southern way of life," but it was ultimately about slavery. The abolition movement was vocal, but relatively small. Much like the Occupy Wall Street crowd of today, many sympathizes, many critics, but still changed the tone. Political negotiations were made, and Lincoln rarely addressed slavery directly. Somewhere between the Confederate propaganda machine and the Union propaganda machine lies the murky, gray area of truth, and slavery was a large part of it. Once the South left, it needn't be mentioned, it could all be dressed as preserving the Union. But there were many congressmen and Lincoln really needed the support of the abolitionist movement. And simply because one doesn't think people should be kept and bought as slaves, does not mean one thinks all people are equal.