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Because it was the mainstay of the cotton industry - their one big export - and they totally depended on it.
As landowning aristocrats, they enjoyed the sensation of having a serf-class under them, and just felt it was part of a natural order of things.
As the debate heated up in the 1850's, they brought God into the picture, putting pressure on the church ministers to declare that slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man.
What else can I help you with?
Did the southern and northern states of America feel the same about slavery?
no the southern states approved of slavery and the northern states dissapproved of slavery
How did issues of states' rights and slavery increase tension between the north and south?
Northern workers opposed slavery; southern planters support it
Why did southern support slavery?
cause they can
What did the southern support?
they supported slavery
Was a slavery in the south?
Slavery was limited to the southern states.
How did the Northern and Southern attitudes slavery differ?
the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.
Did people support slavery?
People supported slavery because they needed more workers. They didnt have to pay them so the southern states had many many slaves.
How did the northern and southern attitudes towards slavery differ?
the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.
Why did southern democrats support slavery?
cause they can
What role did support for slavery playin the secession of southern states?
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
What states in the southern US have slavery?
No states in the US practice slavery. Some states USED TO but not anymore.
Why did tension increase between the northern and southern states?
Because the southern states were economies based on slavery and many in the northern states felt that slavery was wrong.
