Northern Attitude Blog Post

 

If I were a Historian, then people would need to know this important information as soon as possible. Contrary to some people's beliefs, the people in the North were not as opposed to slavery on moral and economic ground as people thought.

 

For example,  the Lowell Mills were extremely dependent on slavery because they needed it so they could get cotton to make clothing. It's actually funny because the clothing that the Lowell Mills made were actually used by slave owners used it to cloth their slaves.  The cotton made a complete circle through the economy of America. The Lowell Mills wanted slaves because they were their main source of business and gave them the most amount of money.  The Industrial economy in the North heavily relied on the slave economy in the South.

 

Also, people in the North held anti-abolitionist meetings in which they opposed the abolition of slavery.  These people were not against slavery at all and on a moral standard they wanted slavery to keep going. Also, they didn't truly understand the daily violence that was involved in slavery.  They didn't understand that slavery itself was violent and immoral.   

 

Also, according to a documentary clip we watched, over 10,000 slaves were brought into the country through the North.  This fact is even more shocking when you realize that Thomas Jefferson knew this was going on but did nothing about it due to the fact that the family that was doing this supported his political campaign. This shows that the North was definitely not against slavery because even the president would allow this to happen.

 

This information is important to understand so that people don't think the North was completely innocent in this ordeal. The North was clearly not against slavery on moral and definitely not on economic grounds.