Causes of the American Civil War
Sectional tension increased during the mid 19th century bringing America into a civil war. There were a few important factors that helped to increase tensions in both the North and the South. Some of these factors were the Anti-Slavery movement, Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Fugitive Slave Law, John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the election of Abraham Lincoln into Presidency. There were quite a few events that caused tensions in the North. The anti-slavery movement greatly influenced the north's feelings toward slavery. Writers like William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote on the topic of slavery and helped lead the movement against it. In his newspaper, The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison shared his wish for complete and immediate abolition: "tell a mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present." The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 angered the North because it voided the Missouri Compromise that they agreed to 34 years prior. The Free States fe
The most important general factor that led the United States into civil war was the issue of slavery. Though the causes of the war involved many different elements such as conflicting nationalisms, the definition of freedom, and the preservation of the Union; a large number of them dealt with slavery. The issue of slavery generated very strong feelings in the North and South and events like those described in this essay escalated the tension. John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry significantly had an impact on the South. In October 1857, Brown and 21 followers captured the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Brown planned the takeover as the first step in his liberation of the slaves, but it was taken the next morning by Robert E. Lee. John Brown was hanged two months later. In his speech before the court on trial for treason, he stated, "Now if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel and unjust
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