The Sides and Roles of Slavery in America

Pushing America Toward a Civil War The three events that played a role in pushing America towards a civil war, were catalysts because they changed the culture of America and incited pro-slavery and antislavery sides to take action. The Dred Scott decision, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin caused enough friction and momentum in America that civil war was unavoidable. The mass publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 was the most influential event

aid against the other”. Abraham Lincoln made religion a big role in his second inaugural to make america at the time see that they are fighting under the same God and that when the war ends they will be together the way they were before the war. Lincoln uses the idea of “God's will” in his 2nd inaugural by saying that God has willed slavery in America for a long time but now wills to remove. This is saying that that God condoned slavery for a time but he wont condone it anymore so he will remove

realization that perhaps God did have a stronger role in the Civil War. After the death of his son he had started to re-evaluate God’s role in the war and wanted to know what everybody was also asking which was What was God’s will in the crisis. Each side, the North and South, believed in the same God and read the same Bible, but yet were not on the same page when it came to slavery. Each believed that God was on their side and that slavery was right or that slavery was a sin. The emancipation was a religious

cultivation of crops in America so that the British empire could expand and remain victorious. The Bacon's Rebellion was a prominent event; Africans took the place of indentured servants and became the only laborers in America. Slavery has been in existence since the beginning of the history of humans. North American slavery was based on agricultural endeavors. This resulted in large numbers of laborers under the power of one person. "Prejudice by itself did not create American slavery" (Foner 132, 2014)

tensions between Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery factions within the U.S. congress and across the county. The history of slavery and manifest destiny became one of the main reasons why The Missouri Compromise came to be. Meanwhile, the senate was debating whether they should abolish slavery or expand it, as well as how slavery befits the country economically. Many economic, political, and social events occurred in order for The Missouri Compromise of 1820 to be established. Slavery in America began when the

first, the chicken or the egg, slavery or racism? The question of whether racism is the root of slavery, or if slavery caused racism is an ongoing debate that throughout history historians has been batting to answer, and have yet to come to an agreement. Some people think that people were made slaves because of prejudice toward the color of their skin, therefore, racism caused slavery; others believe that people saw slaves as inferior to them, and therefore slavery caused racism. Jordan’s “The Mutual

“Slavery has existed for nearly the entire span of human history” (Foner, 98). It is very important to know the history of slavery when studying American History since slavery helped shaped America, and what it has become today. It impacted all lives, regardless of color; from [white] masters to indentured servants to Native and African American slaves. It even divided America, North vs South; anti-slavery vs proslavery, which started the first modern war; the Civil War. Even though the war

was learning to live on its own, apart from England with its own economy, laws, and government. Not long after it declared independence that a rift between North and South began to start. The North believed in the Puritan Merchant role model, and the South in the role model of the English Country Squire. The difference in point of views soon caused the United States to start to split apart before eventually completely separating and resulting in one the bloodiest wars in American history. Prior

different in many ways. Each side had different morals and views of governments. The Union was more industrialized and had the central government in place while in the Confederacy it was more rural with little to no central government. The Union and the Confederacy had differences to their resources, leadership, and military strategies both good and bad in their own way. In the North the union has already established their government and national institutions (Becoming America pg. 389). The north had

independence as a sovereign United States of America. However, there were many issues that went overlooked by the Constitution that stated all “men are created equal.” This did not pertain to African American slaves and women who struggled for freedom and rights as new citizens of the United States. Historians debate the role the Revolution played in both slavery and women’s rights. Some argue that it benefited the abolition of slavery and heightened the role of women in society while others say it muted