re: #88 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A good overview on the various factors leading to the Civil War can be found here, with plenty of notes and links to additional reading material. Slavery was the keystone to the war, but it developed over time. The South was in fact happy to support a strong Federal government if the decisions meant their rights took precedence.

Your last sentence makes most sense if those rights that should take precedence were to maintain and spread slavery.