"The "Money" in Slavery in 1788 wasn't in Virginia, the "Money" was in New York City."
TR,
I can see where the money was in 1788, and I can see where the money was in 1860. So are you saying that the war was not over states rights but rather it was over the slaves that the rich slave owners in Mississippi and Alabama and South Carolina and Georgia and perhaps Virginia held. I mean after all they had a lot of money in terms of the chattel they held in the way of slaves and I would think that in their minds they were not going to take Mr. Lincoln at his word when he said in his first inagaugral address that he did not intend to interfer with slavery in the states where it alread existed. I mean to them, slaves were assets and they did not want to loose any value of their holdings. The value of slaves was dictated by the laws of supply and demand. Should there be a change in regards to slavery in any of the states and there became a glut of slaves for sale on the market, the value of the holdings of the slave holders would drop and just like today, we don't want our "stock" to be devalued. What do you think of my thoughts on this subject? FC