Southerners were also claiming to be unreasonably treated through unfair taxation, states’ rights,
and once again, the issue of slavery, and the final spark was John Brown’s raid, this was the
moment when the Southerners realized they were not to trust anyone, not even their own skin
color.
The first matter of Contention was the concern of slavery. The South was very dependant
on slavery, as much as 88% of the southern population was slaves while only 12% of the North
was slaves (Doc.2) Along with feeling superior to them, another considerable reason the south…
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