Their was no money
Most Northerners were not so passionately anti-slavery that they were ready to sacrifice the cotton revenues by abolishing it.
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
Some northerners came to admire him for trying to end slavery. :)
The main opposition came from Copperheads, who were Southern sympathizers. Irish Catholics opposed the war due to the draft.
Northerners generally opposed abolition due to economic interests tied to the cotton industry and fears of social unrest, but many also held anti-slavery sentiments, advocating for gradual emancipation or colonization. In contrast, Southerners vehemently defended slavery as a cornerstone of their agrarian economy and way of life, often viewing abolitionists as a direct threat to their social order and economic stability. While some Northerners pushed for reform, many Southerners rallied around a pro-slavery ideology, leading to a stark regional divide on the issue.
Most Northerners were not so passionately anti-slavery that they were ready to sacrifice the cotton revenues by abolishing it.
Northerners opposed the Fugitive Slacve law because they were against slavery, so they didn't want to help capture runaway slaves because they thought that if they had got away, then leave them alone. Besides it would make slavery worse in a way.
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
Many northerners would not report fugitives who were escaping slavery in the South because they opposed slavery and believed in helping individuals seeking freedom. Additionally, some northerners saw the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act as unjust and resisted cooperating with authorities seeking to return escaped slaves.
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Most Northerners were opposed to slavery, viewing it as a moral injustice and advocating for its abolition. This opposition to slavery became a key factor in the growing tensions between the North and South that ultimately led to the American Civil War.
Many Christians and Quakers were very opposed to slavery and protested against the U.S. government for a very long time to try to end slavery, and some Christians helped slaves escape to the north and provided hiding places for them along the way.
Northerners viewed abolitionism as a dangerous threat to the existing social system. Many in the North also had no desire to see the South's economy crumble. If this were to happen they would lose huge sums of money that Southern planters owed to Northern banks.
just a little because some northerners had slaves too
True. There were some northerners who believed that if slavery remained in the South and did not spread to the new territories, it could eventually die out on its own. This viewpoint was known as "free soil" or "free labor" and was held by some abolitionists and moderate opponents of slavery.
Some northerners came to admire him for trying to end slavery.
Some northerners came to admire him for trying to end slavery. :)