Slavery

Why did tensions arise over slavery and why did they grew more intense with America's? The American Civil War concluded the fight between proponents and opponents of slavery that had started with the creation of the United States. The issue of expanding slavery to the surrounding states had reached a boiling point, and several political compromises had been made to settle this interstate conflict between the North and the slave-owning Southern territories (Hall, 2019). Several acts of resistance marked everyday life in a slave workshop. Black  Americans in enslavement used a variety of strategies to oppose the authority of their owners and seek their freedom to live as they liked, even if the law barred them from becoming free. Because slaveholders depended on slave labor to keep their businesses viable, enslaved persons regularly used work delays and absences to negotiate some of their work limitations. For instance, working on farms required standing from dawn till dusk and consuming food that wasn't necessarily suited for an animal (Hall, 2019). Enslaved people on plantations lived in modest houses with a floor and little furniture. The darkest aspects of life were routinely witnessed on large estates with violent overseers (Hall, 2019). Therefore, enslaved people in harsh conditions and tensions during that era intensified slavery.