The Civil War: Repressible or Irrepressible?

The Civil War was irrepressible because the issue of slavery was focused on differently in the North and the South. The North was against the expansion of slavery from the beginning of the 1800s and the formation of the Republican and Free Soil parties showed the political feelings of the North over slavery. The South always wanted slavery because it was the cornerstone of the agricultural industry of the South and it was also justifiable by God, who gave the Southerners the right to own slaves. The South Carolina Exposition of 1828 showed the feelings of the South early on before the Civil War. The South wanted to secede because they believed in the states’ rights over the people’s, which would include owning slaves. The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) showed another northern view on slavery: the abolitionists were against slavery because they thought of it as being an immoral institution. The compromises that followed between 1830 and 1860 always addressed the issue of slavery but the issue was very debatable and remained indecisive by 1860. The South chose to secede from the North and thus making its way to the Civil War. The Civil War erupted because of the debate over slavery and the difference that the North and the South have achieved after the Revolution time period and it was definitely irrepressible.