USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southern states began to fear that Lincoln would emancipate slaves. The 1859 raid on the federal arsenal by John Brown, a radical abolitionist, perpetuated fears and led many to believe in a northern conspiracy. Shortly after Lincoln’s election, South Carolina officially seceded from the Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -These prominent Southerners possessed an outright dislike for Lincoln and responded to his candidacy and eventual election with great hostility. This paper will explore why so many Southerners disliked Abraham Lincoln and why they were willing to take action that would lead to war in 1861.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lincoln first publicly advocated for colonization in 1852, and in 1854 said that his first instinct would be “to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia” (the African state founded by the American Colonization Society in 1821).