Well, i don't know alot, but I'm pretty sure the one i list is correct. Because it's all my history book talks about.
They were people who were against slavery for various reasons.
slavery in the Americas started when the Europeans came over and they started to enslave the native people
to reorganize the union and to stop slavery from spreading but later on it was to abolish slavery completely.
no ooooooofff!!!!!!!!!
The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 heightened opposing viewpoints on slavery by vividly depicting the brutal realities of slave life. This influential work galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the North while provoking fierce defense of slavery in the South. Additionally, events like the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the violent clashes known as "Bleeding Kansas" further escalated sectional tensions, leading to a deepening divide between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
Slavery. Opposing cultures. Stupidity. And States rights.
Abolitionists
One of the reasons could consist in his fear that Abraham Lincoln would be cruel against the opposing states.
The Whig Party
Type your answer here... He was an abolitionist (someone opposing slavery) who spoke out against slavery.
Economic reasons.
They were people who were against slavery for various reasons.
Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet
A principal reason for opposing slavery's expansion was a fear of competition with Southern slaveholders.
Normally for economic reasons
Some people were against slavery for moral and ethical reasons, believing it to be a violation of human rights. Others opposed slavery for economic reasons, arguing that it hindered free labor markets. Additionally, there were those who believed in the principles of freedom and equality, seeing slavery as contradictory to these values.
since they didnt want to be slaves and be used for hard and tough labor