slavery was a major issue in the United States. From 1830-1850 (also

known as the Era of Reform) cotton became the center of America's

economy. The more cotton that was grown, the more slave labor was

needed to pick it. This drew a lot of attention to slaves and their

human rights. Many anti-slavery societies were formed and slavery

soon became a major issue. By 1860, slavery became the center of

attention in the US. You either lived in a slave state or a free

state, owned slaves or were protesting against it. The election of

Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was the climax of the issue of slavery. Since

he had proposed to forbid the extension of slavery in new

territories, seven of the slave states seceded from the Union and

established there own Confederacy. They were prepared to fight for

their rights to own slaves. This caused a Civil War. So this leaves

one question- should the ending of slavery been a goal of the L

would have been arrested for stealing food to feed themselves.

existed as far back as 4th millennium bc. The first slaves to exist

economic disaster and in fact the freeing of slaves would leave the

government could have issued checks to help the children of slaves be

insure decent treatment of slaves currently owned in the South and

Lincoln should have passed laws guaranteeing the children of slaves

plantations growing crops. In a sense, the South needed slaves to

were beaten or whipped as a punishment. Because of the South's method

Another point to look at is if all the slaves were freed,

institution based on the ownership, dominance and exploitation of one

Instead of ending slavery altogether, he could have passed

respect from their owners as they were valuable property and only

human by being another human's property." There is proof that slaves

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