Slavery impacted the start and the finish of the Civil War in several ways. Slavery was one of the main causes of the start of the Civil War. The South was convinced when Lincoln got elected President that he was going to end slavery. In the 1850s, there had been several events that showed how the country was splitting on the slavery issue. The Dred Scott decision pleased Southerners because it meant slaves could be taken anywhere. The fighting in Kansas over slavery showed that people were willing to fight and to die for slavery. Even though Lincoln said he would keep slavery where it existed if it would keep the Union together, the South didn’t believe that would happen. As a result, they seceded from the Union leading to the start of the Civil War.
Slavery also impacted the end of the Civil War. By the end of the Civil War, the North was determined to rid the country of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued, and when the Civil War ended, the slaves were freed. Once the war ended, a plan was needed to help the former slaves adjust to freedom. The Freedmen’s Bureau was created, and the Radical Republican Reconstruction plan was developed, in part, to help the former slaves. Slaves or former slaves were involved with some of the fightings during, and at the end, of the Civil War. The North used former slaves as guides and spies during the Civil War. African-Americans served in the Union army and navy throughout most of the Civil War. At the very end of the war in the South, slaves were allowed to fight for the South.
The issue of slavery played a big role in the start of the Civil War and at the end of the Civil War.
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