The Civil War: Abolishing Slavery In The United States

On the path to equality for African Americans the civil war was a key event in history that lead to a constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States of America. To begin, the civil war was an event caused by long standing tensions among the Northern and Southern states. The constant disagreements about American life and politics surrounding slavery was the main focus of the war. The war was fueled by many events like the compromise of 1850 that allowed for cloudy description of runaway slaves to be used to identify and recover them. Consequently, many free backs were forced to go into a life of slavery and these acts increased the unease regarding slavery. Furthermore, growing sectionalism tension were also escalated by
events like Bleeding Kansas, The Dred Scott decision, John Brown’s raid and The Lincoln Douglas debate among others. However the election of Abraham Lincoln was the breaking point and a key event, therefore the most important cause of the civil war.
Additionally, the root cause of war was slavery and the role in American society it had at the time and in the future. With that in mind, the election of Abraham Lincoln brought all small events together into a single fight to uphold the constitution. Lincoln was the single key event that connected the dots and broke the ties between the southern and northern stated and eventually led to war. The election of Abraham Lincoln was of supreme importance for African Americans because it abolished slavery and began the movement for race equality along with equal rights for blacks.