War of Eszterian Independence

The War of Eszterian Independence was a civil war fought in the United Provinces of East Antigonia from 1870 to 1874, between the United Provinces and Eszteria. The War began in 1870 after the United Provinces of East Antigonia voted to ban the practice of slavery, which was a cornerstone of the economies of the Southern Provinces of what was later known as Eszteria, immediately following the decision to ban slavery, wealthy Southern landowners and government officials took control of the Southern provinces and declared independence from the United Provinces. The loyalists of the Union in the North, proclaimed support for the Constitution and faced the secessionists of Eszteria.