It was not but they thought they it was.
Sucks to be you NERDS
as an economic issue
as an economic issue
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
Economic necessity
Most of the Northern population believed that on moral and religious grounds, slavery was an evil institution. The Northern economy was not based on slavery, although the cotton from the South was produced by the labor of slaves.
The chief issue about slavery for both the North and South revolved around economic interests and moral beliefs. The South relied on slave labor for its agricultural economy, particularly in cotton production, and saw slavery as essential to its way of life. In contrast, the North increasingly viewed slavery as a moral wrong and a barrier to economic progress, leading to rising abolitionist sentiments. This fundamental disagreement fueled tensions between the regions, ultimately contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Economic necessity
Because the Union had declared a reason that fighting the South was for the ending of slavery. This stopped the French and British from helping the South because they didnt want to fight in another nation's war for moral reasons or for the ending of slavery.
Zachary Taylor was president in 1849. There is no 'moral value' of slavery
Because the Union had declared a reason that fighting the South was for the ending of slavery. This stopped the French and British from helping the South because they didnt want to fight in another nation's war for moral reasons or for the ending of slavery.