The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Rebellion of the Northern States

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Given that slavery was recognized under the US Constitution, would it not be accurate to postulate that it was the northern states that were involved in a rebellion against the document which they had all agreed to ratify ?
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV_S2_C3_1_1/
I don’t believe that the north invaded the south over the issue of slavery, nor do I believe that the south pulled out of the union over slavery. Slavery was simply the law back in those days, as it was written into the nation’s founding document. Slavery was used primarily as a tool for vilifying the southern states, and for concealing the true reasons for the outbreak of hostilities between the two sections of the country.
 
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