Abolitionist Movement Research Paper

The Abolitionist Movement

On November 21st, 1855 what would become known as bleeding Kansas began a pro-slavery advocate shot Charles dow, an advocate for the freedom of slaves. In May of 1856 proslavery advocates seized the town of Lawrence and burned down a hotel, destroyed two newspaper offices and looted homes throughout the town. Eventually, these hostilities led to outright battles between the so-called “free state men” and pro-slavery men. John Brown would rise, an abolitionist who believed violence would change slavery. During bleeding Kansas, he led abolitionists into “battle” ( small skirmishes) against pro-slavery men. His leadership gained the support from other abolitionists.leading to a small following. In May 1856 they conducted the Pottawatomie massacre, in which they killed 5 members of the pro-slavery movement, and he also was famous for the rain on Harpers Ferry. John Brown's most notable act was his raid on Harper's Ferry, in which he and his followers attempted to start a slave insurrection by arming them with weapons looted from the federal armory. His attempt ultimately failed, but not before 7 people were killed. These tensions and acts of violence these actions between the abolitionist movement and

pro-slavery advocates would arguably become a cause of the civil war.

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Economic and Social Differences:

Since the founding of the United States southern economy has relied heavily on farming, primary cotton, tobacco and indigo.

The north would buy these materials and manufacture goods to sell to foreign countries. The major issue though was that manufactured goods coming into the United States faced high tariffs, protecting the northern economy. On the other hand raw materials from other countries faced no such tariffs, leaving southern states to deal with competition. The North further benefited from this as they could purchase raw material from any source. Additionally most of the revenue from southern tariffs went to building railroads and canals in the north. tariff of abominations, which resulted in an attempt to secede from North

Carolina

Slave and Non Slave States:

The expansion of the United States ultimately led to the issue of which states would become free states and which would beco slave states. The idea was to keep the number equal so that one would not overpower the other on the political field. There were many different attempts to address the issue such as the Missouri compromise which outlawed slavery above a certain latitude line excluding Missouri. The issue came to head when popular sovereignty was proposed in Kansas during the late 1850’s. Pro-slavery missourians (nicknamed Border Ruffians) migrated to Kansas in attempt to swing the vote towards pro-slavery. This sparked the Bleeding Kansas, a clash between pro slavery groups and abolitionists, and heightened tensions leading up to the civil war.