This case is formally known as the "Dred Scott vs. Sandford" case.
B- it was legal but very few practiced it
The crops were all destroyed and long gone. The south had battles on many fields that once grew various types of crops. Men went missing who once tended the fields for the crops to go. Many of them ended up injured or even worse, death. Plantations were left abanded and destroyed. Transportation was gone. Railroad lines had been pulled out or torn apart to prevent the south from moving supplies. Even walking to find a way out was very dangerous for anybody.
They were all political leaders and they all rebelled to gain independence for their country
Im pretty sure its The council oversaw the war effort