Slavery Dbq Research Paper

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Slavery has been apart of America’s economy for many years. Back then the United States was considered the Union. The South had an agricultural economy. The North had industrial economy. Northerners were against slavery. Many organizations formed to end slavery including the Anti Slavery Society and other groups. I think the South wanted to secede from the Union because they did not want their economy to fail, they did not want to follow the laws of Abraham Lincoln and they did not want to feel less powerful that Northern states.

I think the South wanted to secede from the Union because they did not want their economy to fail. “The South thus quickly established a rural way of life supported by an agricultural economy based on slave labor”(Doc

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