Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
Several northern groups supported the South in its resistance to abolition, primarily due to economic interests and social ties. Wealthy industrialists and merchants who relied on cotton and slave labor for their businesses often backed Southern interests. Additionally, some political factions, including the Know-Nothing Party, opposed abolition on the grounds of preserving the Union and maintaining social order. Certain religious and cultural groups also expressed sympathy for the South, viewing slavery as a regional institution that should not be interfered with by the federal government.
The Northeners that opposed abolition were the people who profited from it, sach as the textile mill owners and merchants who relied on slave labor in the South for cotton.
Frederick Douglass did not actually fight for either side. He advocated for the abolition of slavery. He was, however, an adviser to Abraham Lincoln.
Scalawags. White Southerners supporting the Republicans.
The Republican Party supported a stronger federal government, the abolition of slavery, and high tariffs. The south was mostly Democratic, which supported states rights, slavery, and low tariffs. The south did not want to loose their slaves because they were used mostly for agriculture. Agriculture was the southern states' main industry. Finally, The Republicans' protective tariff policy had a negative affect on the southern economy.
They did not want slavery in the south they wanted to be apart of slavery.
They did not want slavery in the south they wanted to be apart of slavery.
The North supported abolition and tended to look down on slave holders. On the other hand, the South needed the slaves in order to maintain their high standards of living. Without slaves the large property owners in the South would begin to fail.
Attack the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field.Scorched Earth Tactics. Burn the South until no resistance remained.
The U.S. mainly supported the South but Australia and some neutral countries supported the South as well. The Soviet Union and China mainly supported the North.