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They didn't mostly.
It is true that the Abolitionist lobby had been growing, largely thanks to the influence of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
But it is not true that the North leapt into uniform to fight the terrible institution of slavery. (They were wanting to save the Union, which principally meant the cotton revenues.)
That is why Lincoln had to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, to turn the war into an official crusade against slavery, to shame free nations abroad out of helping the Confederates.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoNorthern states were industial, so they didn't need or use slaves. They saw no importance in them. Therefore they saw it as crule and were against it.
Another view: the Northern states made the US Civil War about slavery to prevent other countries from intervening on the side of the Confederacy. The North was particularly worried about the British Empire allying itself with the Southern states. But the British Empire couldn't be seen to support slavery having abolished it 50 years before.
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∙ 9y agoIn the North only the minority of the public opinion, that is the Abolitionists, was openly thinking that the war was against the slavery.
The majority thought that it was being fought against the rebellion of the South and for the restoring of the Union.
This last was also the only official task of Lincoln and his government, until the definitive Emancipation Proclamation, enacted on January 1, 1863.
Indeed the Proclamation didn't make any radical overturning in the public opinion.
It only added to the war a new important objective, which had been understood and endorsed as a measure of war, aiming to weaken the Confederacy and gain the favour of the Foreign Powers' public opinion and governments., without undermining the most important one: that of the restoration of the Union.
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∙ 12y agoBecause slavery is inhumane and the north's economy was not as needing of slavery as the south's was.
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∙ 11y agowashington brandon
they believed the South was the bane of America; to them, southerners were odd, stubborn, and stuck in an antiquated lifestyle that northerners.
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∙ 12y agobecause they were slack offs.
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∙ 13y agoBecause people wanted to.
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What do confederate states mean?
States in the south that fought with the north during the Civil War. The Confederates wanted slavery, but the Union, or the North, was against it.
What war included slavery arguments?
The American Civil War..The South against the North..the south wanted slavery..the north didn't...
What side wanted slavery during the civil war?
In the civil war the south wanted slavery. The North had machines and wanted to abolish slavery. ; )
Who was against slavery north or south?
The answer is north. North is against slavery.
What were the differences between the south and the north ideologies pre civil war?
One of the obvious differences between the North and the South during the U.S. Civil War was that the North was anti-slavery and the South was pro-slavery.
Who fought against slavery during the civil war?
the north fought the south, and the north won north- against slavery south- slavery
Who was the Union during the US Civil War?
The north, which was against slavery.
Was America north or south in the civil war?
They were "the Civil War". The North and the South were going against each other. They were fighting against slavery (the North). And the South wanted slavery.
What do state mean?
States in the south that fought with the north during the Civil War. The Confederates wanted slavery, but the Union, or the North, was against it.
What do confederate states mean?
States in the south that fought with the north during the Civil War. The Confederates wanted slavery, but the Union, or the North, was against it.
What war included slavery arguments?
The American Civil War..The South against the North..the south wanted slavery..the north didn't...
Was Abraham Lincoln on the North or South in the Civil War?
He was fighting against the south so he was with the north fighting against slavery.
What side wanted slavery during the civil war?
In the civil war the south wanted slavery. The North had machines and wanted to abolish slavery. ; )
Was slavery legal in north during the civil war?
Slavery was not legal in the Northern states during the Civil War. The Northern states had already abolished slavery before the outbreak of the war, while the Southern states still allowed slavery. This stark division between free and slave states was one of the key factors leading to the Civil War.
Why were the slaves freed?
The Civil War was over slavery. The North was against it and the south was for slavery. The North won so all the slaves were freed.
What divided the north and south during the civil war?
The issue of slavery.
Was the union for or against slavery and why?
No they thought slavery was bad that's how the civil war started but in the 1800s there was slavery in the north and south. The Union was anti-slavery.
