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Why were Northern Whigs known as cotton Whigs?
The whigs from the North were known as Conscience Whigs and those of the South were known as Cotton Whigs. The ones in the north opposed slavery except for the factory owners, which liked slavery die to the cheap cotton. the Southern Whigs supported slavery and wished to expand it into the territories.
Why did the south fight for slavery?
The south was afraid that without slavery their economy would die. They were also afraid that the African Americans could out weigh them.
What did hinton rowan helper have to say about slavery?
he said we are going to lose the war and slavery was going to happen until we die
Why did Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies?
the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time.
What was the southern attitude towards abolition what was the northern attitude?
Prior to the US Civil War, the issue of abolition in the South was clear. Most of all Southerners were opposed to it even if they owned no slaves. One reason was slavery had become part of the Southern culture. Whites were born into a slave society and saw no reason to change it. No Constitutional amendments were really offered and with 4 million slaves or so, in the South, the social implications were, or seemed impossible to imagine.In the North, however, the Abolitionist movement were a strong, vocal , minority. These people quite correctly wanted to abolish slavery, however, they too had no real solution to the obvious social changes this would bring about. But they were correct, slavery was wrong. It was wrong when the US was born out of the Articles of Federation too. The problem became too big too fast. Now other Northerners had mixed feelings about slavery and that it existed in the South made the problem not so dear to their lives. They too had been born into a nation that had slaves. Many opposed it, but none were going to die for it. The manufacturing section of the North was quite inclined to keep slaves on the Southern plantations to help keep the cost of cotton for textile mills low. Immigrant workers feared that freeing slaves would endanger their jobs as certainly former slaves would come north and seek jobs. In summary it was a mixed bag of feelings and it was the fault of first the British colonialists, then the Americans that failed to take actions to slowly at least, abolish slavery.
