albert barnes
Because slavery was the mainstay of the cotton industry.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
Abraham Lincoln had gradually become convinced that slavery was morally and ethically wrong, and that it had to end. Southerners were certain that as president, Lincoln would take steps to end slavery and free the slaves. Plantation owners, who relied on slave labor, were especially opposed to what Lincoln wanted to do, but even most ordinary southerners agreed that their states should have the right to own slaves.
A minister of trade is a person which would import and export products from overseas. Also a trade minister would travel a lot.
albert barnes
The book was about slavery and it showed the harsh realities of it. It made the Southerners fear that slavery would be abolished because of it. The pro slavery even made books like Aunt Phillis' Cabin and Uncle Robin in His Cabin in Virginia and One in Boston.
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.
Because slavery was the mainstay of the cotton industry.
take away slavery
albert barnes
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
President Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery, and slave trade. The Union supported him, but most people in the Confederacy did not. They wanted to keep trading slaves, and using slave labor. This is one reason why the Civil War started, and why Lincoln was assassinated.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery