most scholars would tell you that the VAST majority of northerners cared NOTHING about slavery, the plight of the slaves OR the expansion of slavery in 1860 AND they certainly would NOT have prosecuted a war (that KILLED a MILLION people) to hasten the end of a dying institution.
the populus of the north WAS willing to fight a war to "preserve the union".
free dixie,sw
The Sectional Crises were about slavery. The Sections were North and South. The South wanted it in new territories. The North said no.
I’m from Boston, and I can tell you I support the view that Civil War should have been avoided and the South should have been able to secede. My guess is that after a few short years, everyone would have realized it was a wake up call and figured it would have been best to keep our differences within our own states and merge back together for the good of the nation as a whole. So don’t assume everyone in the northeast is an elitist or refuses to see things logically :)