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Cause And Effect Essay: The Cause Of The Civil War

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Christopher Milam US History 3rd Harmony 1/21/23 The Cause of the Civil War

In 1861, the Civil War began, causing a major conflict between two sides, the Union and the newly founded Confederacy; both had opposing ideals about Slavery. Using historical evidence, the Civil War was primarily fought over Slavery. This can be backed by the struggle against Slavery's acceptance, laws and bills directed toward the black population, and pro-slavery white governments.

Slavery's attempted acceptance was for the entirety of the United States to allow slave-holding states but was denied, causing conflict. The Declaration of Succession from South Carolina in the Confederate Documents shows how a …show more content…

The Constitution of the Confederate States in the Confederate Documents states adjustments to the original constitution and additions of their own. It says, "No bill, or attainee, ex-post packed law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in n-slaves shall be passed." from Article One, Section 9. This ceases any laws or past laws and bills from before. This stops any denying of slave-holding and makes it required as law to be allowed. This shows that the Confederacy would not tolerate nonacceptance or denial and ultimately made it prohibited to restrict slave-holding rights in any way.

Some laws were enforced only on the black population and were easily punishable with Slavery. Gabriel Prosser's document states, "The State of Virginia passed a law so a black man assaulting a white man...is a capital offense." This makes it so that if a black person attempted self-defense, they would be arrested either way. With the slim chances of being not guilty, in factor, the black person would be sent into enslavement. Slavery should not be used as a sentence, nor should a law so unjust that it can easily direct to the …show more content…

The document states, "He (the mayor) blamed the AME, Black Literacy, and white kindness toward the people held in slavery... it led to a whole bunch of new laws, and Violent reprisals against Black People..." For example, here are a few of the new laws. "People held in Slavery couldn't buy their own freedom" or "if a free black person left South Carolina for any reason, they couldn't return." People held in Slavery were now completely unable to escape Slavery legally, without a familiar with free rights to pay it for them. This keeps the enslaved ones with no people known to them in Slavery until death. The free black people who left South Carolina and came back would be illegal, making it highly likely that, as a punishment, they'd be sent back into Slavery because Slavery is legally a

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