Slavery is widely portrayed as the forefront cause of the debate on states’ rights, the lengthy division among northern and southern states, several deadly skirmishes before the Civil War and the entirety of the Civil War. When evaluating the timeframe between the initiation and conclusion of slavery in the United States, it is extremely important to acknowledge the disparities between the northern and southern states. Northern states were more concerned with abolishing slavery because of the unethical suffering and usage of slaves. Meanwhile, southern states were generally more concerned about the economic conflicts of releasing the slaves and what it meant for their southern economies. With the advancement of the Cotton Gin, Reaper and numerous more agricultural technologies the demand for
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Though Abraham Lincoln was not entirely an anti-slavery activist—he would rather have preserved the Union, with the halting of the spread of slavery—the south perceived him as such. Abraham Lincoln also declared that slavery was a detrimentally divisive topic with his remarks about slavery in 1858: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free…Either opponent of slavery will arrest the further spread of it…or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States…” In terms of former president Lincoln, the coexistence of the abolitionist north and pro-slavery south presumed inevitable conflicts. Conflicts that would have result in one side diminishing the other. Ultimately, the most divisive dispute between the Union and the Confederacy was the abolishing of slavery, but the potential consequences for the Confederate posed far more severe socioeconomic
Though Abraham Lincoln was not entirely an anti-slavery activist—he would rather have preserved the Union, with the halting of the spread of slavery—the south perceived him as such. Abraham Lincoln also declared that slavery was a detrimentally divisive topic with his remarks about slavery in 1858: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free…Either opponent of slavery will arrest the further spread of it…or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States…” In terms of former president Lincoln, the coexistence of the abolitionist north and pro-slavery south presumed inevitable conflicts. Conflicts that would have result in one side diminishing the other. Ultimately, the most divisive dispute between the Union and the Confederacy was the abolishing of slavery, but the potential consequences for the Confederate posed far more severe socioeconomic