For multiple reasons 1) Poor white farmers feared economic competition of four million freed slaves. 2) White plantation owners feared abolition would destroy the South's economy 3) Slaveholders believed that slaves were inferior and required White guardianship 4)Slavery was also condoned in The Bible
It was part of the economy and culture of the south
The northerners felt slavery was bad, although they bought cotton from the south that the slaves made. The southerners felt slavery was very useful to make and sell goods.
Southerners believed they were fighting for 1. Slavery 2. their rural way of life
The Southerners.
Some pro-slavery advocates used The Bible to defend slavery,citing passages that counseled servants to obey their masters.Southern slave owners argued, actually benefited blacks by making them part of a prosperous and Christian civilization.
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It was part of the economy and culture of the south
The Southerners did not feel good about the future of slavery
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.
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The confederates (the southerners)
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They were strongly motivated to defend slavery, as it was the mainstay of the cotton industry, and cotton was America's biggest export. As the slavery debate heated-up through the 1850's, both sides put pressure on church ministers to preach the relevant gospel. The North declared slavery to be a mortal sin against the dignity of humans formed in the image of Our Lord. The South declared slavery to be a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man.
A patriotic mission to defend the homeland and its way of life, inluding slavery, which had been declared sacred by church ministers - a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man.
Many southerners defended the institution of slavery by arguing that it was a necessary economic system that supported their way of life. They also used racist ideologies to justify the subjugation of African Americans and claimed that they were inferior and better off as slaves. Additionally, they believed that slave labor was crucial for maintaining the plantation economy and preserving the social hierarchy.