Slaves and The Civil War
The Union (left) and Confederate (right) flags.
The American Civil War happened 78 years after the American
Revolution and was fought over slavery between the northern states (the Union)
and the southern states (the Confederates). After the American Revolution
northern colonists started to feel empathy towards slaves and many opposed it.
In the south, however, slavery was a vital asset to their economy. Slaves would
often work in southern tobacco plantations and later cotton plantations when the
tobacco planting land started to grow worryingly small. The demands of cotton
grew quickly and with those demands, so did slave labor. Eventually rebellious
slaves would start to fight and the southern state’s hold on the slaves would
strengthen. Three months after Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected into office four southern states banded together to form the Confederacy and would later be joined by three more when the Civil War started. The war lasted for four long and bloody years and is now the most costly of wars in American history. Before the Confederates surrendered the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that slavery shall be abolished in all states and that all current slaves would be free and
will remain as such forever. The Confederates lost and slavery was gone but prejudice wasn’t.
Revolution and was fought over slavery between the northern states (the Union)
and the southern states (the Confederates). After the American Revolution
northern colonists started to feel empathy towards slaves and many opposed it.
In the south, however, slavery was a vital asset to their economy. Slaves would
often work in southern tobacco plantations and later cotton plantations when the
tobacco planting land started to grow worryingly small. The demands of cotton
grew quickly and with those demands, so did slave labor. Eventually rebellious
slaves would start to fight and the southern state’s hold on the slaves would
strengthen. Three months after Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected into office four southern states banded together to form the Confederacy and would later be joined by three more when the Civil War started. The war lasted for four long and bloody years and is now the most costly of wars in American history. Before the Confederates surrendered the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that slavery shall be abolished in all states and that all current slaves would be free and
will remain as such forever. The Confederates lost and slavery was gone but prejudice wasn’t.