How Did Slavery Caused The Civil War
Slavery, “the practice or system of owning slaves” and slave define as “a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them”. That was the mindset of most white people in America during this time and era. This was roughly the 1800’s. The white men thought it was okay to own another human being as long as their skin color was different from theirs. You could buy or sell any slave you had. They were treated like property, instead of the human beings they were. Slavery caused the civil war because slavery was a big issue they constantly argued over. The north didn’t own any slaves and felt it was in humane and wanted to abolish slavery. While the south loved having slaves to do there work for them and wanted to keep slavery. They argued so much that it started to split the country & finally the south said they were leaving America and being there own country.
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was a big issue. The north was cold and had industrial plants so they had no need for slaves. While the south was more farming so they used the slaves for that reason, to pick the cotton fields and do other farming activities. Even though the white men treated the slaves wrong and very harsh, they still wanted to keep the slaves. They didn’t ask the African Americans even their opinion on things, they didn’t even ask them if they wanted to leave Africa and become slaves. They came to Africa and hired a slave catcher to go and catch some people and bring them to the white men boats. Slavery wouldn’t have been started if they would have left the Africans in Africa. So slavery was one of the key things that lead up to the civil war.
Being a slave in that time was brutal; trying to survive was a challenge for them. Not getting enough food was a problem and being treated horribly by there masters. Most slave owners beat their slaves with whips and chained and shackled them so they wouldn’t be able to escape. Most slaves tried to escape north whenever they had the chance. They would try to run away from the plantation whenever their masters were gone or late at night when they are sleep. When the slaves escapes from the plantation they would follow the north star north.
Not all slave owners were bad; some slave owners actually paid their slaves to work, it wasn’t much but it was still something. Some owners treated their slaves like people. They would feed them and clothe them. Most slave owners were racist but there were some white people that wasn’t racist and didn’t own slaves, instead they were kind enough to try to help them escape to the north to be free. Of course there were consequences if they were caught for the white person and the slaves. The white person would be jailed and the slaves would be sent back to the plantation they escaped from. If they did succeed to getting them to the North to be free, the slaves would be free people but there is still racism in the north, they were just free people.
Slavery during the civil war was still going on for the most part. All the men went to fight so there was no one to watch the slaves so they escaped out of there property, but about three years down the road the President of the United States, at the time then, was Abraham Lincoln passes a bill called the “Emancipation Proclamation” which stated “I do order and declare that all person held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” This means that the slaves are free but only slaves from the states that rebelled slaves were free. While the states that didn’t rebel from the United States got to keep there slaves. The free slaves were convinced to come fight for the Union against the confederacy because of the way their owners treated them, and Abraham Lincoln thought this would be a great idea, which it was for him because he got more people to fight for his country.
Tensions going on between the North and the South were building up leading up to the Civil War. Slavery had become a heated issue between the Union and Confederacy. Many abolitionist helped many slaves to reach freedom to the North through the Underground Railroad. Southerners felt that former laws passed by the Congress were not followed as they were supposed to be, because of legal deficiencies. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850 and required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves which often lived as free citizens in northern cities. The northerners didn’t like that it made them give the slaves back to them. The law made northerners feels like they were part of the slave system, and therefore they were upset by it. So that means no where the slaves ran in the United States they would be free.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was composed of ten sections and allowed the slave-owner to bring an alleged fugitive before a special officer, a newly created federal commissioner, and use testimony of white witnesses or an affidavit from a court in a slavery state to prove ownership. However, northerners thought that the law was an attack on states’ rights. Slaveholders could enter their territory, look up for slaves, capture them and then return with them without process of law. This made the northerners angry. It was said that around 3,000 black already had fled to the North and Canada. Some of the fugitive slaves used the Underground Railroad to reach Canada. This was done by many anti-slavery Committees in the North that helped them escape. The person that got the most slaves to the north for freedom was Harriet Tubman, she was a person that knew all the trails to get to the north. She also made various amount of trips back into the South to help more slaves escape to freedom. She was accompanied by many other people that were going back into the south to help the slaves. One very important man, Fredrick Douglas, was a slave, abolitionist, and a writer. He was the leader of his abolitionist group and wrote the book “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas…An American Slave”
The civil war was a very gruesome event that happened to our country. It divided our country in two, first and for most, then the amount of people killed was a shockingly 1,264,000 people. The country was in ruins after the civil war which took 4 years. April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865. The battles took place in spots all around America. One of the most important battles during the civil war was in 1863 when Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. The Union defeats Confederacy at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address. This was a turning part in the war because President Lincoln was losing the fight and that’s why he put the Emancipation Proclamation into use so he could have the freeing slaves to fight for him. Of course that was a very smart idea for the president because the Union went on to win the war and that is why the south is still apart of the United States. If the Confederacy would have won the war, they probably would have still been an independent country till this day. The United States would have just been the states up north. So this is how the civil war was a very significant event in our American history because some of us wouldn’t even be able to call our self’s Americans.
So, in conclusion slavery was one of the main causes of civil war because it divided the nation, caused blood shed and many lives within our own country.
Slavery also helped the civil war because with out President Abraham Lincoln putting the Emancipation Proclamation into use, he wouldn’t have had any more soldiers to fight for him and possibly could have lost the war and that means things would be very different for people in the south. Lincoln freed the slaves and got more help and won so that is why things the way they are now. Even though its still racism in the world. The African Americans in this country are free and somewhat are treated equally. Slavery shaped this country into what it is now. If slavery wouldn’t have never happened there wouldn’t be any dark skinned people in America because they wouldn’t have came to Africa and kidnapped African people and make them slaves for there own pleasure. If slavery didn’t happen there wouldn’t have even been a civil war because the biggest issue at hand between the North and South wouldn’t have
existed.
Leading up to the civil war, slavery …show more content…
was a big issue. The north was cold and had industrial plants so they had no need for slaves. While the south was more farming so they used the slaves for that reason, to pick the cotton fields and do other farming activities. Even though the white men treated the slaves wrong and very harsh, they still wanted to keep the slaves. They didn’t ask the African Americans even their opinion on things, they didn’t even ask them if they wanted to leave Africa and become slaves. They came to Africa and hired a slave catcher to go and catch some people and bring them to the white men boats. Slavery wouldn’t have been started if they would have left the Africans in Africa. So slavery was one of the key things that lead up to the civil war.
Being a slave in that time was brutal; trying to survive was a challenge for them. Not getting enough food was a problem and being treated horribly by there masters. Most slave owners beat their slaves with whips and chained and shackled them so they wouldn’t be able to escape. Most slaves tried to escape north whenever they had the chance. They would try to run away from the plantation whenever their masters were gone or late at night when they are sleep. When the slaves escapes from the plantation they would follow the north star north.
Not all slave owners were bad; some slave owners actually paid their slaves to work, it wasn’t much but it was still something. Some owners treated their slaves like people. They would feed them and clothe them. Most slave owners were racist but there were some white people that wasn’t racist and didn’t own slaves, instead they were kind enough to try to help them escape to the north to be free. Of course there were consequences if they were caught for the white person and the slaves. The white person would be jailed and the slaves would be sent back to the plantation they escaped from. If they did succeed to getting them to the North to be free, the slaves would be free people but there is still racism in the north, they were just free people.
Slavery during the civil war was still going on for the most part. All the men went to fight so there was no one to watch the slaves so they escaped out of there property, but about three years down the road the President of the United States, at the time then, was Abraham Lincoln passes a bill called the “Emancipation Proclamation” which stated “I do order and declare that all person held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” This means that the slaves are free but only slaves from the states that rebelled slaves were free. While the states that didn’t rebel from the United States got to keep there slaves. The free slaves were convinced to come fight for the Union against the confederacy because of the way their owners treated them, and Abraham Lincoln thought this would be a great idea, which it was for him because he got more people to fight for his country.
Tensions going on between the North and the South were building up leading up to the Civil War. Slavery had become a heated issue between the Union and Confederacy. Many abolitionist helped many slaves to reach freedom to the North through the Underground Railroad. Southerners felt that former laws passed by the Congress were not followed as they were supposed to be, because of legal deficiencies. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850 and required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves which often lived as free citizens in northern cities. The northerners didn’t like that it made them give the slaves back to them. The law made northerners feels like they were part of the slave system, and therefore they were upset by it. So that means no where the slaves ran in the United States they would be free.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was composed of ten sections and allowed the slave-owner to bring an alleged fugitive before a special officer, a newly created federal commissioner, and use testimony of white witnesses or an affidavit from a court in a slavery state to prove ownership. However, northerners thought that the law was an attack on states’ rights. Slaveholders could enter their territory, look up for slaves, capture them and then return with them without process of law. This made the northerners angry. It was said that around 3,000 black already had fled to the North and Canada. Some of the fugitive slaves used the Underground Railroad to reach Canada. This was done by many anti-slavery Committees in the North that helped them escape. The person that got the most slaves to the north for freedom was Harriet Tubman, she was a person that knew all the trails to get to the north. She also made various amount of trips back into the South to help more slaves escape to freedom. She was accompanied by many other people that were going back into the south to help the slaves. One very important man, Fredrick Douglas, was a slave, abolitionist, and a writer. He was the leader of his abolitionist group and wrote the book “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas…An American Slave”
The civil war was a very gruesome event that happened to our country. It divided our country in two, first and for most, then the amount of people killed was a shockingly 1,264,000 people. The country was in ruins after the civil war which took 4 years. April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865. The battles took place in spots all around America. One of the most important battles during the civil war was in 1863 when Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. The Union defeats Confederacy at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address. This was a turning part in the war because President Lincoln was losing the fight and that’s why he put the Emancipation Proclamation into use so he could have the freeing slaves to fight for him. Of course that was a very smart idea for the president because the Union went on to win the war and that is why the south is still apart of the United States. If the Confederacy would have won the war, they probably would have still been an independent country till this day. The United States would have just been the states up north. So this is how the civil war was a very significant event in our American history because some of us wouldn’t even be able to call our self’s Americans.
So, in conclusion slavery was one of the main causes of civil war because it divided the nation, caused blood shed and many lives within our own country.
Slavery also helped the civil war because with out President Abraham Lincoln putting the Emancipation Proclamation into use, he wouldn’t have had any more soldiers to fight for him and possibly could have lost the war and that means things would be very different for people in the south. Lincoln freed the slaves and got more help and won so that is why things the way they are now. Even though its still racism in the world. The African Americans in this country are free and somewhat are treated equally. Slavery shaped this country into what it is now. If slavery wouldn’t have never happened there wouldn’t be any dark skinned people in America because they wouldn’t have came to Africa and kidnapped African people and make them slaves for there own pleasure. If slavery didn’t happen there wouldn’t have even been a civil war because the biggest issue at hand between the North and South wouldn’t have
existed.