Was the union anti-slavey or pro-slavery , during the CIVIL WAR??
The Civil War between The Union (composed of 23 states) and around 7 territories under President Abraham Lincoln and the Confederacy (composed of 11 states) under Jefferson Davis was fought for a number of reasons — and slavery was only one of the reasons. One reason was the Union’s opposition to secession (one main factor that made many pro-slavery supporters fight for the Union) — of course, one could argue that secession was caused by “the coexistence of a slave-owning South and an increasingly anti-slavery North.” When the Civil War began, neither civil rights nor voting rights for blacks were stated as goals by the North; they became important afterward during Reconstruction. At first, though there was pressure to do so, not even the abolition of slavery was stated as a goal. Slavery was at the root of economic, moral and political differences that led to control issues, states’ rights and secession of seven states. The secession of four more states was a protest against Lincoln
