Hypocrisy: What Caused The Civil War?

What Caused The Civil War? Many doubted Lincoln during the 1860s, however he was abe-le to win the Civil War. From the years 1861 to 1865, a Civil War broke out in America resulting in the death of approximately 620,000 Americans. The American Civil War, which many believed was solely caused by slavery, was a battle between the Union states and the Confederate states. The Confederate states seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery. Although slavery was a major part of the war, it was not the sole factor. If slavery itself didn’t cause the war then what did? This raises the question, What Caused the Civil War? A civil war is defined as a war fought by people of the same country. The Civil War was caused by slavery, the …show more content…
Frederick Douglass, a famous African American abolitionist and an escaped slave from Maryland, gave a speech called “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” in which he talks about the hypocrisy going on in America. In his speech Douglas said, “your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery...all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him...impiety and hypocrisy-a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.” (Doc. G) Frederick Douglass is saying that the United States talk about liberty, freedom and equality, when there are states in the United States that support slavery. His speech shows the controversy of slavery and the hypocrisy that the United States expresses. Other Americans such as Fitzhugh would have disagreed with Douglass. George Fitzhugh, a sociologist from North Carolina wrote a book called Cannibals All!. In his book Fitzhugh stated, “The Negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and , in some sense, the freest people in the world...The Negro men and stout boys work...in good weather, not more than nine hours day...the free laborer must work or