https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-12-05 00:39:26 UTC 2017-12-05 14:29:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 1447527 https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213120218 many didn't think that slavery was a reason to fight a war and that the nation first had to grow stronger and be more unified before addressing such a controversial issue. ]]> 2017-12-05 00:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213120218 1447527 https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213122673 it was argued that the abolition of slavery would lead to an economic collapse because so much of their money from farming was dependent on slave labor. Tobacco would dry up in the fields.  ]]> 2017-12-05 01:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213122673 1447527 https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213139160 "They argued that the slaves were in actuality happy, content and well cared for. They even went as far as saying that being a slave was better than being a worker in a northern factory, a condition referred to as "wage slavery."

]]> 2017-12-05 03:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213139160 1447527 https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213140542 Although it was passed as a law, many northerners saw it as a violation of their rights. Even those who had not previously supported the abolition movement started to oppose slavery because they saw this as a infringement of their liberty. There was also a concern about free african americans in the north being forced back into southern slavery simply because they were black. This act was seen as a blessing for those in the south and a horrible thing for those in the north opposed to slavery. ]]> 2017-12-05 03:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213140542 1447527 https://padlet.com/1447527/6h0thii7247u/wish/213141560

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