Many southerners who favored abolition were often frightened into staying silent about their beliefs. William Lloyd Garrison is an example of someone who was a prominent abolitionist.
The southerners wanted slavery to end but northerners didn't want that
Because it favored the North
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.
England
Southerners were outraged at John Brown's attempt to steal weapons and ultimately free slaves, while northerners called him a hero and martyr. They believed that he died to for the cause of the abolition of slavery.
The confederates (the southerners)
Abolition of slavery
The southerners wanted slavery to end but northerners didn't want that
slavery
slavery
The abolition of the constitution that favored white planters
Southerners believed abolition threatened their way of life because the economy of the southern states was heavily dependent on slavery for agriculture, especially for cotton production. The abolition of slavery would have disrupted this economic system and potentially led to major financial losses for southern plantation owners. Additionally, many southerners saw slavery as a key component of their social hierarchy and way of life, and they feared that abolition would upend these established power dynamics.
They were divided but most favored the abolition of slavery.
Because it favored the North
The southerners and the westerners primarily favored the free coinage system.
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.