Abolition
After the War of 1812,Norht Carolinians and other Americans argued the great question of the day: Should slavery be continued? The Missouri Compromise resulted in a line being drawn westward form the southern bordder of Missouri. These abolititonists wanted to abolish slavery in the US as soon as possible. As always, NC disagreed among themselves about abolition. In 1816, Quakers in the Uwharries had formed the North Carolina Manumission Society, wh9ich raised $ to buy slavves from their masters. Many Quakers became involved with the Underground railroad, a series of roads, houses, river crossings, nad people who helped southern slaves escape to the North or Canada. After 1830, however, most North Carolinians strongly supported slavery. Southerners believed that cheap slave labor was the key reason cotton was sooo profitable. As North Carolina grew prosperous after 1835, the defenders of slavery gained a stronger hold on the state. Citizens who thought otherwise did so at their peril.
After the War of 1812,Norht Carolinians and other Americans argued the great question of the day: Should slavery be continued? The Missouri Compromise resulted in a line being drawn westward form the southern bordder of Missouri. These abolititonists wanted to abolish slavery in the US as soon as possible. As always, NC disagreed among themselves about abolition. In 1816, Quakers in the Uwharries had formed the North Carolina Manumission Society, wh9ich raised $ to buy slavves from their masters. Many Quakers became involved with the Underground railroad, a series of roads, houses, river crossings, nad people who helped southern slaves escape to the North or Canada. After 1830, however, most North Carolinians strongly supported slavery. Southerners believed that cheap slave labor was the key reason cotton was sooo profitable. As North Carolina grew prosperous after 1835, the defenders of slavery gained a stronger hold on the state. Citizens who thought otherwise did so at their peril.
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