because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc. because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc.
The election of 1860, in which the ardent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln was elected enraged the southern states because they feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
Slavery was economically and culturally entrenched in the southern states in the late eighteenth century. The southern States would not have supported the ratification of the Constitution if it had called for the end of slavery.
The first American colony to abolish slavery was Vermont. Vermont abolished slavery in 1777 and after this the abolish movement spread.
Farmers were reluctant to abolish slavery in the Constitution primarily due to economic interests and the foundational role of slavery in the Southern agricultural economy. Many relied on enslaved labor for their plantations, and abolishing slavery would threaten their livelihoods and economic stability. Additionally, there was significant political pressure to maintain the institution, as Southern states would likely refuse to join the Union if slavery was prohibited, jeopardizing the creation of a unified nation. This led to compromises that protected slavery in the Constitution.
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Because their economy relied on the slaves to pick cotton
... abolish slavery.
Civil War
he traveled to the Southern States to abolish slavery.
The election of 1860, in which the ardent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln was elected enraged the southern states because they feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
It was passed to abolish (get rid of) slavery.
southern plantation owners were angry because president Abraham Lincoln had promised to abolish slavery
At first, when he became President, he did not want to abolish slavery like the southern states thought, he just wanted slavery from spreading westward. Then later, he changed his mind and decided he was going to abolish slavery.
Well, there wasn't a BILL that was passed to abolish slavery. There was the Emancipation Proclamation which said that all slaves living in the Southern states were free. Slavery didn't officially become abolished until the passing of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
abolish slavery and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
abolish slavery and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
Slavery was economically and culturally entrenched in the southern states in the late eighteenth century. The southern States would not have supported the ratification of the Constitution if it had called for the end of slavery.