I counted one post that suggested the civil war was just about slavery but a lot that said slavery was just a very, very small part of it and other issues predominated.The claim was that the civil war was just about slavery. The claim was that there were no other reasons contributing to the civil war.
You can read the entire tracts of the documents Tim excerpted and come to your own conclusion about the relative priority of maintaining slavery as a cheap form of labor and the other political and non-slavery-related economic issues.
Last edited: