Slavery in the South

Slavery was not the issue. It was about who would enjoy western expansion. The north had very high tariffs a on the southern cotton and other things, leaving the country internal tariffs on them trying to sell their goods. Most of the s that were poor were as bad off as the black slaves. They were called share croppers. Their ancestors got here to pay for the way over. But when it came to starvation, poverty, degradation, the sharecroppers were pretty close to the bottom of the barrel as well. Man the hamminsi property leave, was the the commandant utreasonable. He didn't support slavery, he didn't support the south, but he supported state