Thank you Wazza and Brandon W. I'm glad I wasn't the only person disgusted and/or offended at the (hopefully innocent) display of ignorance.

Um, to trade and own human's ... where did you go to school? Although that was the most publicized reason and the reason most utilized to get European support for the Union, it was NOT the main reason, or the main reason. The South was treated like shit in many other ways, before and after the war. Get your shit straight before you make some sweeping statement like that.