During the 1800s, slavery was an issue that could not be escaped. In the south, slavery was the labor system and social system of control. It was a part of southern life. Northerners did not disagree with slavery; they just did not find it useful. They wanted a free-soil position which had no slavery, land worked by free people and a white only region. The south had very rich soil for agriculture and the north did not, therefore southerners depended on slavery in order to harvest their crops. As more states entered the Union, the question of slavery escalated with each region believing their view was right. Slavery was the base of the Civil War because every event that occurred in the midst was due to the turmoil. Events such as Nat Turner’s
