"The slavery issue addressed not only the well-being of the slaves (although abolitionists raised the issue) but also the question of whether slavery was an anachronistic evil that was incompatible with American values or a profitable economic system protected by the Constitution. All sides agreed slavery exhausted the land and had to find new lands to survive. The strategy of the anti-slavery forces was to stop the expansion and thus put slavery on a path to gradual extinction."
The issue of slavery was not only addressed because of how the slaves were being treated, but because of the Constitution. Some believed that slavery was against American values just because some people wanted an economic profit.
American Civil War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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