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slavery was the cause of the civil war

Slavery was the cause of the American Civil War because it was the source of conflict. The problem was not so much that slavery was widespread or that an abundance of Americans, or Southerners, owned slaves. The issue here is how many Americans enjoyed the benefits of slavery. The produce of slave labor had to be sold and shipped to foreign lands. Slave Plantations specialized in mainly cotton and a few other items, so food and other essentials had to come from sources outside of the confines of the slavery. This group would be the merchants, overseers, suppliers, small farmers, and shippers. The effects of slavery were widespread, that is why the war started.
It was not so much that the politicians were the source of the dislike of slavery. It was the Northern people and the various reform movements against slavery and the Southern reaction to those movements. The logic is simple. For all intents and purposes the Civil War can be thought of us as an extension of politics....

Posted by: Carlos Hernandez

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