President George Washington and the founders did not immediately in our Constitution cease the importation of slaves for the same reason people say the Confederates fought.  These reasons are economics, free labor, etc.  See Article 1 Section 9 of the US Constitution which prohibited... Read More

The document here outlining Declaration of Causes for various States gives the reason for their secession from the Union.  These declarations clearly establish that the question of slavery was a central reason for secession and the subsequent Civil War; they show that the Confederacy was... Read More