In 1808, America outlawed the slave trade. While most Northerners expected this act of the government to slowly end slavery, slavery actually expanded in the years before the Civil War. Surprisingly, the number of slaves grew from one million to about four million; this was due to the natural population increase of American-born slaves (Krieger 99). Southerners saw slavery as a “necessary evil,” saying the Bible accepted it and that the Southern economy would crash if slavery was banned completely. Organizations, such as the American Colonization Society, to stop the spread of slavery. Although American Colonization Society members opposed slavery, most of them had racist views. Leaders of the Society did not believe African Americans should
