The Federal government has been feeding the American people lies and propaganda since 1861. They unconstitutionally took the power of the states, and limited it to the point of ineffectiveness. They overshadowed the fact that states rights were the only reason the civil war happened in the first place, and lied throughout history to demonize succession in the future.
The ONLY reason the North freed the slaves is because they had to or England was going to ally with the Confederate army, as they were already providing arms to the southern states (see Whitworth and Enfield Rifles).
England was fully prepared to send troops to help fight off the northern tyranny. The only thing that prevented this was the fact they would not want to be seen as a country that supported slavery.
Lincoln knew this, and decided to free the slaves in the north to make the south the single Union of slavery.
"I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything." - Abraham Lincoln
"I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery." - First Inaugural Address (Abraham Lincoln)
"I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District (of Columbia)." - Abe Lincoln To Horace Greeley
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it." - Abe Lincoln To Horace Greeley
On August 14, 1862, Lincoln received a deputation of free Negroes at the White House to which he said, "But for your race there could not be war... It is better for us both, therefore, to be separated". He advocated colonization in Central America and promised them help in carrying out the project.
"What I would most desire would be the separation of the white and black races." From a speech in Springfield, IL; 17 July 1858
If you read history that isn't in school books you learn that the Northern leaders were slave owners as well, and the only reason they fought was to preserve the union.
School and society which has been brainwashed by our public school systems hears the following words and equates them with racism, hatred, evil.
Secession
Confederation
States Rights
southern states
General Longstreet was quoted near the end of the war saying, "We should have freed the slaves, then fired on Ft. Sumter." He was referring to the demonetization of then common slavery to keep England out of the war.
In an 1856 letter to his wife Mary Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee called slavery "a moral and political evil." Yet he concluded that black slaves were immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially and physically.
In the south even freed slaves owned slaves, it was a way of live that would have been dismissed if given the chance for freedom of the states.
To this day the media still makes fun of states rights and secession and looks at it as evil. Of course the people of the country who were tough to believe this load of bull thinks it is evil as well.