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Slavery split up the country, and with the North's striving to abolish slavery, many southern states began seceeding, beginning with South Carolina.
The South had more than the North, and the abolishment of slavery began in the North. But the South wanted slaves - thus ensued the Civil War.
In order to know which of the following reasons best explain why southern slaves suffered more after the north began abolishing slavery one needs to know the choices for answers.
Georgia initially resisted slavery because it began as a colony of small farmers who did not need and could not afford slave labor. North Carolina was also in opposition to slavery, mainly based on religious belief. Both Quakers as well as Methodists were opposed to slavery.
Southern leaders were highly motivated to defend slavery because it was the mainstay of the vastly profitable cotton industry. As the slavery debate heated-up in the 1850's, they put pressure on church ministers to preach that slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man. This began to influence people who should have known better. Robert E. Lee declared that slavery was an evil which the Almighty would bring to an end when He saw fit. Lee cannot seriously have believed this. The North was not united against slavery by any means, but the Abolitionists were a powerful lobby, and they also encouraged preachers to denounce slavery as a sin against human beings created in the image of the Lord. It should be noted that the men in the ranks of the two armies in the Civil War mostly didn't care about slavery, one way or the other.
They were in favor of slavery while President Lincoln pressed against it. That conflict eventually began the Civil War between the North and South. The North supported Lincoln and no slavery, while the South begged to differ.
The north and the south. The north was against slavery, and the south was for it.
The movement against slavery in the United States began in the early nineteenth century and gained strength until slavery was abolished in 1865. It was known as the abolitionist movement.
there are tons of other websites that will give you that answer but the main reason was because of slavery issues between the north and the south. the north was anti slavery and the south was pro slavery.
Slavery split up the country, and with the North's striving to abolish slavery, many southern states began seceeding, beginning with South Carolina.
The group of anti-slavery people in the North were called abolitionists. This was a minority group even though most people in the North did not approve of slavery. Nevertheless, a war to end slavery was not a real threat until the US Civil War. The American movement to abolish slavery in the US dates back before the 19th century began. It grew stronger as time passed. With that said, it is important to note that although President Lincoln hated slavery, he never called himself an abolitionist.
The South had more than the North, and the abolishment of slavery began in the North. But the South wanted slaves - thus ensued the Civil War.
Petitions to congress by abolitionist
Petitions to Congress by abolitionists
Slavery began thousands of years ago. It was so widespread that it is now impossible to tell where it began. In the New World, slavery began with the Spanish who enslaved native peoples to work in the mines and in the fields. When too many of them died of disease and overwork, Spaniards imported slaves from Africa. Slavery was pervasive in Europe during the period when the North American colonies were formed. It was not outlawed in England and its colonies until the 1830s.
In order to know which of the following reasons best explain why southern slaves suffered more after the north began abolishing slavery one needs to know the choices for answers.
Slavery was allowed in Pennsylvania during the colonial period, but the state gradually began to restrict and eventually abolish slavery. In 1780, Pennsylvania passed the Gradual Abolition Act, which provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved individuals, making Pennsylvania the first state in the U.S. to abolish slavery.