but was a struggle of the elites. The northern elites wanted expansion of a free market, while the southern elite viewed this as a threat to their economic livelihood (Zinn, 1980, p. 188).
In the years just before Lincoln’s election, John Brown had attempted to use violence on a smaller scale, through the slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, 1859, in order to abolish slavery, but was met with death by hanging. Furthermore, with the Supreme Court ruling of Dred Scott vs. Sanford, which found in favor…
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