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The treasonous South took up arms against their own country because they wanted to ensure that they could maintain the practice of enslaving their fellow man, raping children and torturing those they consider inferior
Even if that idiotic explanation were true, it still isn't the case that Lincoln and the federal government fought the Civil War to end slavery.
The North initially fought to put down the slavery induced rebellion and then upped the ante to end slavery totally
At no point during the war did Lincoln actually free a single slave. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves where the federal government had no authority, so it freed no one. At no point during the war did Lincoln ever claim that his purpose was to free the slaves.
The fact the Lincoln "upped the anti," as you put it is irrelevant. Lincoln invaded the South purely to force Southern states to pay the recently increased onerous tariffs that Northern Senators voted for.