Slavery and Sectional Attitudes, 1820-1860: What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
Title: Slavery and Sectional Attitudes, 1820-1860: What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 771 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Slavery and Sectional Attitudes, 1820-1860: What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 771 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
By the mid 1830s many Americans were now having mixed fillings about slavery. In fact the nation was even threatened to separate over the whole issue. Perhaps it was one of the main reasons that the United States has fought the civil war. Basically the majority of the people living in the north were against slavery, and the white southerners were proslavery.
The north saw slavery as an evil. They said that it was immoral; …showed first 75 words of 771 total…
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As it can be seen both the north and the south had good arguments. The north said that slavery was wrong and evil. The south said that it was necessary for the country's economy. However in the end history reveals that it was wrong and immoral. The nation is even forced to divide over this issue and fight one of the bloodiest wars which was called the Civil War.
