US HISTORY

Views on Slavery: North vs. South

For the South it was a necessity but for the North it was an atrocity. It is easy to deem slavery an inhumane practice when it does not contribute to your region's economy. Southerner's had dug themselves in a hole of terrible wrongdoing. By initiating the utilization of slavery, the South entered a vicious cycle with no escape path. As their economy boomed, their morals dissipated. They had essentially become immune to reconsideration. After starting, there was no turning back. For them, the risk was no where near as meritable as the reward as, in their view, there was no reward. This disagreement over the issue of slavery led to several violent outbreaks that, eventually, lead to the Civil War, as we know it. This being said, the war can not be blamed on any individual, whether it be John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, or anyone else. Rather, the outbreak of war can be attributed to one issue and one issue only, the issue of slavery.