Yankees were supposedly against slavery, but the main reason this was said was to gain European sympathies during the Civil War. The war was started because the Union (yankees) wanted to keep the southern states from becoming the Confederate States of America.
They were "the Civil War". The North and the South were going against each other. They were fighting against slavery (the North). And the South wanted slavery.
the north fought the south, and the north won north- against slavery south- slavery
No they thought slavery was bad that's how the civil war started but in the 1800s there was slavery in the north and south. The Union was anti-slavery.
Stephen Douglas debated with Lincoln against slavery
Civil War. He was a general for the Confederate Army. Although he was against slavery and agreed with the unions ideas, he couldn't bear to not fight for his home, VA, let alone fight against it.
The Confederates were against slavery in the civil war. They did not want it.
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in the civil war rebels were pro slavery and Yankees wanted to ban slavery
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They were "the Civil War". The North and the South were going against each other. They were fighting against slavery (the North). And the South wanted slavery.
It was a Northern State that was pro slavery and anti Confederacy. It did not view the civil war as a slave issue. It considered the civil war a states rights issue.
The stance of Texans on slavery was divided. Before the Civil War, some Texans were in favor of slavery while others were against it. Slavery was eventually abolished in Texas following the end of the Civil War in 1865.
the north fought the south, and the north won north- against slavery south- slavery
The north, which was against slavery.
During the time of the American Civil War, people who were against slavery were called 'Abolitionists'.
The American Civil War..The South against the North..the south wanted slavery..the north didn't...
Northerners were completely against slavery, and before the Civil War they took their hatred overboard by killing Southerners for their slavery.