Forwarding in time to the beginning of the civil war, in the 1840s and 1850s, a fierce tension roamed the land. Due to their different view on slavery. Slavery was the biggest problem during the 19th century, over three million African-Americans were slaves in the South, however, not many white south people owned slaves. Most of them worked picking cotton on large plantations, therefore only few white south people owned plantations. When Abraham Lincon was elected president 1861 the states were divided, for Lincon desired to cease slavery throughout America, which the south strongly disagreed on. Their economy revolved around slavery therefore eleven states quit the Union and created their own country called “The confederate states of America”,
