Slavery was a widely controversial topic during the 1800’s. The North and South could not come to an agreement in many Congress meetings. They always had opposing views on many topics, especially slavery. The North thought slavery was wrong and wanted to end it. The South supported slavery because they profited from agriculture and in the south, slaves did all of the work for the Plantation owners. Disagreement caused the United States of America to break apart. This led to an inevitable Civil War. The North did not support slavery. The northern states allowed escaped slaves freedom from the South. If a fugitive, or runaway slave, made it across the Mason-Dixon line, they would be free from the grasp of the South. Because of this, there was
