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Meri saheli magazine yearly subscription  published this is article page no 42 the civil war (1861-5) has spawned numerous myths and falsities. the republicans did not intend to abolish slavery - just to contain it i.e. limit it to the 15 states where it had already existed. most of the democrats accepted this solution. this led to a schism in the democratic party. the fire eaters left it and established their own pro-secession political organization. growing constituencies in the south - such as urban immigrants and mountain farmers - opposed slavery as a form of unfair competition. less than one quarter of southern families owned slaves in 1861. slave-based mainly cotton raising enterprises were so profitable that slave prices almost doubled in the 1850s. this rendered slaves - as well as land - out of the reach of everyone but the wealthiest citizens. cotton represented three fifths of all united states exports in 1860. southerners dependent on industrial imports as they were supported free trade. northerners were vehement trade protectionists. the federal government derived most of its income from custom duties. income tax and corporate profit tax were yet to be invented. the states seceded one by one following secession conventions and state-wide votes. the confederacy (confederate states of america) was born only later. not all the constituents of the confederacy seceded at once. seven - the core - seceded between december 20 1860 and february 1 1861. they were south carolina mississippi florida alabama georgia louisiana and texas. another four - virginia north carolina tennessee and arkansas - joined them only after the attack on fort sumter in april 1861. two - kentucky and missouri - seceded but were controlled by the unions army throughout the war. maryland and delaware were slave states but did not secede. president james buchanan who preceded abraham lincoln made clear that the federal government would not use force to prevent secession. secession was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court only in 1869 (in texas vs. white) - four years after the civil war ended. new england almost seceded in 1812 during the anglo-american conflict in order to protect its trade with britain Meri saheli hindi magazine subscription.

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