Causes Of The Civil War

When a nation of unity is torn between brothers and sisters of liberty, the results are detrimental to the peace established by the fathers of the land. The Civil War was one of the most destructive events in American history, costing more than 600,000 lives. It was thought to be the war that helped shape the character of the American individual today. With a nation that is divided, there are two different views of the war. From the South, the war was seen as a battle of rebellion and southern independence, but in the North, the war was seen as a revolution. Between the North and the South there lay deep economic, social, and political differences, but it is important to understand that slavery was the root of cause of these differences. During
If raised in the South, you saw the war as a way to relieve yourself from the oppressive North, but if raised in the North, you saw the war as a rebellious act against your own brothers who fought alongside you in the rebellion against the British. People of the darker skin color saw the war as a way to obtain their freedom from the bondage of slavery. Southerners had lived in the lifestyle of owning slaves and controlling their “property” for so long that they had become blind to their own sin and didn’t realize that they had developed an entirely new view upon themselves and the word, Southern. From the North, the people knew the acts of the South so well that they, too, became blind to their own sins and didn’t realize they were taking part in the slavery community as well because once a Black person migrated towards the North to pursue the freedom they deserve, they were still treated as if they had never left the South. The Nation of America had become a place of darkness to where if you lit a match, no one could see it because the shadows swallowed the light and if any light started to grow at the slightest bit, someone would come and do everything in their power to destroy it. There was one thing that all Americans treated equally, except slaves, and it was The 4th of July. The slaves viewed the celebration of freedom as a gross injustice. It was a reminder of the cruelty in being a constant victim of slavery and was seen as a way that the free White’s could shove the privilege of their freedom into the faces of the Negro population . They saw the celebration as a sham and the rejoicing was empty and heartless and that it is hollow mockery and the prayers and hymns are fraud and hypocrisy and is used as a veil to hide the crimes that would disgrace this nation of savages. There is not another nation that is guilty of the crimes of the United