Sectionalism And Slavery

For the most part southerners supported slavery and northerners opposed it.
Sectionalism and slavery. In the north abolitionist feeling grew more and more powerful abetted by a free soil movement vigorously opposed to the extension of slavery into the western regions not yet organized as states. Slavery separatism throughout the early 1800 s the country was split in many areas over many issues. Sectionalism is loyalty or support of a particular region or section of the nation rather than the united states as a whole.
As more time has passed slavery became a greater issue. The causes of sectionalism in the early 1800s mr. As far back as 1830 sectional lines had been steadily hardening on the slavery question.
Slavery was particularly sectional issue dividing the country into north and south to the extent that it led to the civil war. Election of abraham lincoln that led many political leaders in the south to believe that the federal government was contemplating abolishing slavery sectionalism prior to the civil war the united states was divided by the sectional differences between the north south and west.