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April 27, 2004 Twice for your Malice The backside of the dollar, our national currency, says “E Pluribus Unum”, which is Latin for “From Many, One”. Often in the United States we are divided over issues of economy, age, race, and gender, but re-united over the more serious issues like freedom and the value of life itself. Only once has our country literally been at war with itself; from 1861-1865 in The Civil War. For over a hundred years, historians have debated whether or not it could’ve been avoided. I believe the Civil War was inevitable, not because of one specific event but a domino effect of various ordinary circumstances in America that occurred throughout the 19th century. Flour alone is an ingredient, yet mixed with sugar, butter, milk, eggs, and various flavors you can bake a cake. Likewise, the many causes of the Civil War seem natural, harmless and inconsequential apart, yet when run together they caused the war. One of the first things people think of when they discuss the Civil War is slavery. According to the 1860 census, 385,000 households throughout the South owned slaves in that year (ICPSR). Also that year, the total number of slaves in America was over 3.5 million (ICPSR). Despite common belief that all Northerners were against slavery, in all honesty Abolitionists were a minority in the country. Most of the North was apathetic about slavery in general and believed blacks to be an inferior race. Earlier editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica said that blacks had smaller brains and inferior minds to the white man. Some Northerners even condoned slavery for its addition to the textile industry through cotton picking. However morally deplorable it is to enslave another human being and own them like a piece of property, even many Abolitionists only acted so passionately about slavery dishonestly.
Approximate Word count = 1214
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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