If the South had been able to negotiate a settlement and seceded, does anyone really think that slavery would have been abolished? No matter how the defenders of the flag flown by the south, the war was fought to keep slavery. You only have to read the Ordinances of Secession written by the southerners to see this. They made no apologies. Oh, by the way, I am a southerner born and raised in Georgia. I have been exposed to the defense of the south all my life and don’t buy it. You can’t defend the indefensible.
