The North was a abolitionist against slavery while the south wanted the keep slaves for labor and other needs. Slavery was the cause of a majority of the problems between the 2 sides
Slavery in the south
Dred Scott vs. Sanford Decision
SLAVE
Admitted California to being a free state. This helped make sure that there was a balance between the free and slave states. The Fugitive Slave Act was then passed which required states in the North to return slaves to the South.
Election of 1860
Compromise of 1850
I want my slave.
If the United States passes the Fugitive Slave Act slave where owners can pass the line to get runaway slaves.
Debate Over GA Secession
Georgia Platform
Former free slave who after living in a free state for 9 years sues for freedom, and the court room blocks it.
I DO NOT grant you freedom!
And I would like to thank all the individuals that voted me as their now current president.......
There was 4 Presidential candidates, and there was extreme sectionalism in the US. President Abraham Lincoln wins the election.
Georgia decides rather they want to secede from the Union or not. Alexander Stephens votes that they should not secede from the Union. Georgia ends up seceding from the Union.
I vote that Georgia should stay a part of the union so that.....