The southern states feared the outlawing of slavery because the slaves were they're profitable way of gaining money.
Because slavery was the mainstay of the cotton industry.
The loss of slavery would threaten the southern economy
The loss of slavery would threaten the Southern economy.
A principal reason for opposing slavery's expansion was a fear of competition with Southern slaveholders.
A principal reason for opposing slavery's expansion was a fear of competition with Southern slaveholders.
The southerners feared that the federal government would pass additional restrictions on slavery and finally ban slavery outright.
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Based on his speeches they feared he would push to outlaw slavery in the territories and in any new states. They feared that it was just a matter of time before slavery was outlawed in the whole country.
That they would be taken advantage of
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Southern fear of losing liberty and power.
loosing land
Lincoln didn't expect it to end the war, though he was hoping that some of the Southern states would abolish slavery in response to it. The main object was to keep Britain and France from aiding the Confederates, for fear of looking pro-slavery themselves.