PositivelyAKA, I do understand your point that there were other political issues between the Union & the Confederacy but slavery was definitely the main one. Slavery was the driving force which caused the confederate states to separate from the union and which lead our contry into civil war. The confederate states separated because they wanted to keep slavery, the union states fought to unite the country which directly led to the abolition of slavery. Uniting the states would have taken power away from the small group of slave states, which would have eventually ended slavery through the political process. But, if we only relied on the political process, slavery may have lasted many more decades than it did. The union victory directly led to the immediate abolition of slavery and the start of the social process between the white & black cultures. Yes, white men did die for the freedom of slaves. A law was able to make slavery illegal overnight but it cannot change *feelings/opinons* that fast. Changing the *feelings/opinions* is what takes social progress.

About my statement that "Not all little green men will melt you with their lasergun" in my previous post, please read that statement with regards to the context that I put it in. My point within that whole paragraph was to say that no matter the color, even if the person/being is a little GREEN man (from outer space), it does not mean they want to harm you or that they hold bad feelings towards you. An individual's character does not come from their COLOR, it comes from their inner-self. I do apologize if you (or anyone else) took offense to the 'little green man' statement, that was definitely not my intention.