Yankees
Yes, the Confederates were fighting to keep their slaves.
The Confederates
Mary Todd Lincoln defended the rights of both slaves and women.
Yes, he bought slaves and even defended owning slaves.
The Confederates (South)
Rosa Parks
The Yankees are the North. The Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run.
Former US President John Quincy Adams defended the slaves of the La Amistad ship in front of the US Supreme Court. He argued that the slaves were free individuals who had been wrongfully captured and sold as slaves. Adams successfully advocated for their freedom.
Southerners viewed slaves as property. The southerners defended this by saying that the Bible allowed for them to have slaves.
Nicknames for Union soldiers include Yankees and Bluebellies.
They told them if the yankees win they would keep them slaves.
The Northern forces were the Federals or the Union, called Yankees by the other side. The Southern were the Confederates or Successionists, called the rebels by the other side.