Huckleberry Finn Abolitionism

Life is full of changes. What is socially acceptable one day is looked down upon another. This progression of morals and ethics has occurred multiple times in history. Humans tend to live in the present without considering the future consequences of their actions. Historically, prosperous periods of time tend to end with a large-scale issue. Slavery was first introduced to America in the early 17th century to help with labor because African slaves were cheaper than indentured servants. Slaves had become the foundation for the southern economy because slaveholders wanted to take advantage of the land without doing the work. They believed they were above the African-Americans, and that no matter how many slaves they owned or how badly they treated those slaves there would be no ill effects. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, …show more content…
According to the article “Did abolitionists cause the Civil War?” Abolitionists began to actively take a stand against slavery, calling “slaveholders themselves the embodiment of evil.” Abolitionists were riling Americans up, and bringing up a question of morals. Should white men be allowed to own other human beings? Slaveholders thought so; however, Abolitionists argued that slavery was a moral evil. Soon eleven states reached their breaking points and seceded from the Union. Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and South Carolina even issued documents explaining their reasons for breaking away. All four of these states listed slavery as one of their reasons for secession. Three out of four attacked Abolitionism, claiming their goal was to incite violent uprisings. Opposing views on slavery were separating the country, making slavery one of the major causes of the Civil War. The period of forcing others to do the hard labor for no pay was coming to an end. Americans had gone from living the good life and ignoring the laments of their slaves to fighting the deadliest war in American