Causes of the Civil War
So was the Civil War about slavery? Absolutely. If the discrepancy over the issue of slavery had never come about, the South would not have discerned threat to its culture and the southern politicians would not have been as likely to seek "their right to secede." But was slavery the only basis of war? No. It was also about the constitutional disagreement over whether or not a state had a right to leave the Union, and the continuation of antebellum southern culture. Although the majority of Southerners had little interest in slaves, slavery was a chief interest of Southern politicians and therefore the underlying cause of the South's desire to seek independence and state right.Slavery was the source of the fiery debate only to be fueled by other issues. Basically the South wanted and needed it for survival of their economy, North saw it as an evil and that its existence in the South was a blot on the National honor. At this time the labor force in the South had about 4 million slaves. These slaves were very valuable to the slaveholding planter class. They were a huge investment to Southerners and if taken away, could mean massive losses to everyone. Slaves were used in the c
http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/gr02007.htm The existence of slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. Other problems existed that led to the aid of succession of the South but none were as big as the slavery issue. The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slavery but this could not be done because the slavery ideology is what kept the South running. But when the South seceded it was said by Abraham Lincoln "A house divided against itself cannot stand. (Douglas, 21) I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." (Douglas, 21) Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." (Douglas, 21) These were all reasons why the South seceded from the Union. Although the causes of the Civil War are greatly debated among many historians, one thing can be obtained. The North and South fought with such a ferocity that was unheard of in the history of any country whose sections had been bound together by voluntary accord. It may help us if we forget the stereotype and look on the Civil War as primarily a political rather than a military affair: a tragic, bloody, and infinitely costly extension of American politics. (Catton, 30) Stampp, Kenneth M., The Causes of the Civil War, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1974.
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