Civil War: The Grand Divide Over Slavery

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It seems the Civil War was caused by several different things. Between the North and the South nothing would ever be the same. The war started in 1861 and didn’t end till 1865. The divide was just so grand. (Refrain) Slaves, and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was just so grand. One difference was the economic and the social differences. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin gave profit to the South. But then the south needed more labor and they weren’t going to pay out. The South became a crop economy depending on slavery. The divide was just so grand. (Refrain) Slaves, and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was …show more content…

Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was just so grand. The South was for slavery for they needed cheap labor. Slaves that were runaways were asked to be returned to their owners. But the North was for their freedoms and didn’t believe a man should ever be owned. The divide is just so grand. (Refrain) Slaves, and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was just so grand. See slavery is the biggest issue in the North and South divide. There was a group of Abolitionist who also fought the freedom cause. Writing articles and books to tell the slavery plight. The divide is just so grand. (Refrain) Slaves, and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was just so grand. Now to seal the divide and to start the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves became the US President. This event cause states to begin to secede from the Union. This divide began the war. (Refrain) Slaves, and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom, were the fight! Slaves and freedom were the fight! The divide was just so

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