Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War?
             Between the years of 1861 and 1865 the United States was gripped by the bloodiest war in it's history, there is much debate as to why this war occurred, it is generally concluded that Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, however, in this essay I will discuss why the deep economic, political and social differences between the southern and northern states, and of course discuss the issue of slavery, which encompasses all the above differences.
             Propaganda along with Slavery is often considered one of the primary reasons the Civil War occurred. The abolitionists played a major role in shaping the views of many Northerners. These people were fully against slavery and its expansion and put together much literature to show the North the wrongs of Slavery. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because
             he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party. Key Propagandists in the north and the south used the media at the time to exploit their cause, in the North, men such as William Lloyd Garrison, Greeley and Phillips increased anti-slavery sentiment by exaggerating the cruelties that the slaves experienced in the South. They used the American Flag as a sign of pride, representing all the virtues that American stood for, Freedom and Liberty, which slavery contradicted. The South knew that to exist as they did, within a larger free society there needed to be a community aspect within Slavery to ensure that the Slaves stayed loyal to the slaveholders. For this reason the South continually repressed abolitionist views from the North, and particularly within the south itself, which was more dangerous as division was disastrous for the discipline of the slaves. Therefore in the south, Yance...