How Did The South Contribute To The Civil War

There were many reasons for the Civil War. As an example, most people feel as if the Civil War was about slavery, although recently we have found that it was actually about federal and state rights. Slavery was a small but effective role in the Civil War. The southern half of the United States were “slave states” as the north were “free states”, there were always an equal amount of slave and free states. The south and north had very different views and constantly got into disagreements with each other. Although there were three very influential people who contributed to the Civil War. One of the people who contributed to the Civil War was John Russwurm. John Russwurm was not only and abolitionist, but he was also the first African American to graduate from Bowdoin College. In March of 1827, Freedom's Journal's first edition was published, John was co-editors, owner(s), and publisher(s) with Samuel Cornish. Freedom's Journal was an abolitionist newspaper focusing on what had happened to slaves in the south and overall, as well as informing readers about current news. This newspaper made the North angry that the South was doing this, converting even more people to be abolitionists. While the South was angry about the newspaper, because it wasn't the
William was a (white) abolitionist. William was also the most well-known editor of The Liberator. The Liberator not only promoted abolishing slavery, but advocated women's rights as well. The Liberator ran for 34 years, it only ended after the Civil War did. William Lloyd Garrison was also known as quite the radical, he (unlike most people) wanted full political rights for slaves. In William's time, he also co-funded the New England Anti-Slavery Society which later became known as the American Anti-Slavery Society. William was a very prominent abolitionist who not only contributed to the Civil War, but the ending slavery as a