I don't know whether they formally opposed Abolition.
But it is true that most Northerners were not greatly offended by the institution of slavery, and they certainly didn't leap into uniform to free Southern slaves.
Even the Emancipation Proclamation did not convert many to the Abolitionist cause.
Slavery was killed by the war itself - from when Lincoln ordered the troops to rob the enemy of his property, including slaves. Unless the Confederates were to win the war, these (ex) slaves could never be returned to their (ex) owners.
Northern workers opposed the abolition of slavery because they liked the cotton that was produced in the south. For those that did not oppose, and help free the slaves, many of them were Quakers that felt the light of God was in everybody.
The norther opposed to slavery because
The South favoured slavery
The Abolitionists were anti-slavery. The advocated for enslaved African Americans in the south. This upset the northern factory workers, because they were basically slaves themselves. They lived in factory communities(apartment blocks of sorts) worked 12-14hr shifts, and any money they made went towards buying food and paying for the apartments they had to live in. Essentially all the money that was made was payed right back to the factory owners. In other words Northern factory workers cried for help as much as southern slaves
Freed African Americans would take some of their jobs, the workers were socially higher than slaves, and disruption of the Union.
Northern workers opposed the abolition of slavery because they liked the cotton that was produced in the south. For those that did not oppose, and help free the slaves, many of them were Quakers that felt the light of God was in everybody.
The norther opposed to slavery because
cuz they did
oppose - mean support - needed it
The South favoured slavery
No
no
Freed African Americans would take some of their jobs, the workers were socially higher than slaves, and disruption of the Union.
The Abolitionists were anti-slavery. The advocated for enslaved African Americans in the south. This upset the northern factory workers, because they were basically slaves themselves. They lived in factory communities(apartment blocks of sorts) worked 12-14hr shifts, and any money they made went towards buying food and paying for the apartments they had to live in. Essentially all the money that was made was payed right back to the factory owners. In other words Northern factory workers cried for help as much as southern slaves
Neither of the two were opposed to slavery.
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition