How is it possible that slavery could exist in the United States until the Civil War?
Back in the 1800s when slavery existed white men felt that they needed slaves to do work without payment. Men slaves did field work and the hard manual labor, as did some other woman slaves. The young woman mostly were housekeepers and sewed and took care of their masters home. Older woman were in charge of taking care of children. Slaves were black people. The whites were the masters. This is how it was. Whites felt that all black people should be put to work. They were punishable for whatever the master felt was disrespectful or bad behavior. The punishment was often very severe, like being whipped or cutting off a body part. If you learn to read or are trying to gain any type of knowledge some masters would cut off your tongue. Back in the 1800s, most people felt this was right, the others who didn't were freeing slaves and protesting against slavery. However their wasn't enough who felt that way.
When we first started to get our new country running we had slaves. It became sort of an unspoken hierarchy and slaves were at the bottom. Everyone knew it was there, but nobody spoke of it. People became so used to slavery that it was just a way of life. George Washington had slaves, so didn't most of the men who got our country up and running. Having a slave was a new way to show your power. Before that it was how much land you had or how many crops you grow. Owning slaves was another way to show that.
Also in a growing country, what is the easiest way to get up and running and move ahead of other countries like England. To have lots of quick and not only "cheap", a word that is used today, but this labor was free. The white men didn't have to do anything themselves, and it got done a lot faster depending on the amount of slaves you own. If you can use free labor in making a ton of tobacco and cotton, and then export it and sell it. Your going to be a rich white man. This is how it was in the south.
Abraham Lincoln was a very important figure to the reason that slavery was abolished. In order to get slavery abolished is to first, have enough people against slavery. Eventually the whole north was. Nobody in the north owned slaves. The north was where all of the free slaves went. The south was a whole different story. This split up our country, we had the people who believed in owning slaves, and the people who didn't.
Protests and rallies were made but it was never enough to make a movement. James Buchanan was the fifteenth president of the United States. He felt that states grouping together and going against each other was illegal. What he also thought was illegal was going to war to stop such a problem. So while he was doing nothing about it, there was nothing that could be done about the slavery. All the north could do was get as many slaves free as they could. They created the underground railroad which brought hundreds of slaves from the south to be free in the north. They gave these slaves a home and a new life.
The saying "one man can make a difference" is true. He might not be able to do it all by himself, but with the help of others, and that one man gaining some very high authority, that can make a difference. That can put an end to slavery. March 4Th, 1861 Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States. Also in the year of 1861 was the beginning of the Civil War. This was a war between the south and the north. The north won and the emancipation of proclamation was signed and that ended slavery.
Even though slavery was ended though however, it was still hard for blacks to find jobs. Their was a lot of racism. Blacks couldn't use the same transportation, they would have to sit on the floor and be below the whites, they couldn't drink from the same fountain. Blacks couldn't go to school with white children. After slavery was abolished there was still a lot of work that had to be done. Even though a lot of that today is gone from movements and anti-slavery protests and just giving it time. Racism is still a factor in our world today. We still have groups everywhere that try and fix the racism problems that our country has. Hopefully someday the work that our ancestors did to abolish slavery will truly be finished. Hopefully someday there will be no more racism and skin color wont matter.
For all of these reasons above is why we continued to have slavery in the United States until the civil war. Whites liked the power they felt owning slaves, whites felt that they needed them for labor, the fifteenth president didn't encourage slavery or do anything to stop it and finally the abolitionists needed more people to join them and needed someone with power to make a movement and start a war. When that last part finally happened is when slavery finally ended.
Back in the 1800s when slavery existed white men felt that they needed slaves to do work without payment. Men slaves did field work and the hard manual labor, as did some other woman slaves. The young woman mostly were housekeepers and sewed and took care of their masters home. Older woman were in charge of taking care of children. Slaves were black people. The whites were the masters. This is how it was. Whites felt that all black people should be put to work. They were punishable for whatever the master felt was disrespectful or bad behavior. The punishment was often very severe, like being whipped or cutting off a body part. If you learn to read or are trying to gain any type of knowledge some masters would cut off your tongue. Back in the 1800s, most people felt this was right, the others who didn't were freeing slaves and protesting against slavery. However their wasn't enough who felt that way.
When we first started to get our new country running we had slaves. It became sort of an unspoken hierarchy and slaves were at the bottom. Everyone knew it was there, but nobody spoke of it. People became so used to slavery that it was just a way of life. George Washington had slaves, so didn't most of the men who got our country up and running. Having a slave was a new way to show your power. Before that it was how much land you had or how many crops you grow. Owning slaves was another way to show that.
Also in a growing country, what is the easiest way to get up and running and move ahead of other countries like England. To have lots of quick and not only "cheap", a word that is used today, but this labor was free. The white men didn't have to do anything themselves, and it got done a lot faster depending on the amount of slaves you own. If you can use free labor in making a ton of tobacco and cotton, and then export it and sell it. Your going to be a rich white man. This is how it was in the south.
Abraham Lincoln was a very important figure to the reason that slavery was abolished. In order to get slavery abolished is to first, have enough people against slavery. Eventually the whole north was. Nobody in the north owned slaves. The north was where all of the free slaves went. The south was a whole different story. This split up our country, we had the people who believed in owning slaves, and the people who didn't.
Protests and rallies were made but it was never enough to make a movement. James Buchanan was the fifteenth president of the United States. He felt that states grouping together and going against each other was illegal. What he also thought was illegal was going to war to stop such a problem. So while he was doing nothing about it, there was nothing that could be done about the slavery. All the north could do was get as many slaves free as they could. They created the underground railroad which brought hundreds of slaves from the south to be free in the north. They gave these slaves a home and a new life.
The saying "one man can make a difference" is true. He might not be able to do it all by himself, but with the help of others, and that one man gaining some very high authority, that can make a difference. That can put an end to slavery. March 4Th, 1861 Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States. Also in the year of 1861 was the beginning of the Civil War. This was a war between the south and the north. The north won and the emancipation of proclamation was signed and that ended slavery.
Even though slavery was ended though however, it was still hard for blacks to find jobs. Their was a lot of racism. Blacks couldn't use the same transportation, they would have to sit on the floor and be below the whites, they couldn't drink from the same fountain. Blacks couldn't go to school with white children. After slavery was abolished there was still a lot of work that had to be done. Even though a lot of that today is gone from movements and anti-slavery protests and just giving it time. Racism is still a factor in our world today. We still have groups everywhere that try and fix the racism problems that our country has. Hopefully someday the work that our ancestors did to abolish slavery will truly be finished. Hopefully someday there will be no more racism and skin color wont matter.
For all of these reasons above is why we continued to have slavery in the United States until the civil war. Whites liked the power they felt owning slaves, whites felt that they needed them for labor, the fifteenth president didn't encourage slavery or do anything to stop it and finally the abolitionists needed more people to join them and needed someone with power to make a movement and start a war. When that last part finally happened is when slavery finally ended.
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