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Hariet Tubman was a very brave woman. She knew what was right or wrong and she was brave enough to know that god was with her and that she had her family waiting behind her back, and that they would always be with her.
There is no real meaning behind slavery than the obvious, that people have always enjoyed not having to do their own work. Slavery has been justified in a variety of ways from biblical times until now, the most common of these has been that slavery was accepted until fairly recently in history as an acceptable way to deal with the defeated after a battle.
Slavery was a minor issue to the start of the war. It ranked behind state's rights, tariffs, unfair congressional representation, and unfair taxation as a cause. It became a little more important as the war progressed, but was never as important as the American people are led to believe.
Slavery, and far, far, far behind that States' Rights (primarily insofar as some states wanted the right to keep slavery legal). Really, it was pretty much all about slavery.This is not to say that there weren't sound economic reasons why slavery was such an divisive issue (it wasn't that people in the north were just nicer or more ethical than people in the south). But: THE issue was slavery and anybody who believes otherwise is fooling themselves.
The Haitian Revolution took place between 1791 and 1804. Slavery was the driving force behind it, and this movement is, to date, the only slave rebellion that led to the establishment of a new nation.