The preservation and extension of slavery into new states was the issue over which the South attempted to secede. My great-great-grandfather was in the Union forces (Illinois) and made no bones about the issue being slavery. He later died of wounds that did not completely heal. The Republican Party was an abolitionist party, and Lincoln's election prompted the south to make its move.
The preservation and extension of slavery into new states was the issue over which the South attempted to secede. My great-great-grandfather was in the Union forces (Illinois) and made no bones about the issue being slavery. He later died of wounds that did not completely heal. The Republican Party was an abolitionist party, and Lincoln's election prompted the south to make its move.