The Impact of Slave Leaders

There were many causes that lead to the Civil War. Politically, the Mason-Dickson Line was creating many problems and large amount of tension in the government. The Missouri Compromise added to the tension as well as when Texas gained independence from Mexico and would join the United States as a Union State. On top of that, any states west of the Mason-Dickson Line could choose whether to be  Union or Slave state. But the most major component that lead to the Civil War was slavery. There were many slaves uprising in the South after the heard of the slave uprisings in Haiti. Many free slaves started to leaders in the Union states and would start to spread their word through preaching, creating one of the first black Churches. The most important black leaders would be a free man named David Walker. He used to speak out in public of the tragedies that used to occur in the South. The most impactful action he took was when he criticized the Declaration of Independence of this particular quote "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." He claimed that if this is the truth, why re blacks treated as minorities and have equal rights that of animals. He also criticized Thomas Jefferson's only book when he wrote that blacks should be treated as whites, but did nothing when he was in presidency. He was so hated in the south that the south started to put bounty's on Walker's head so he could stop stirring and provoke the slaves to retaliate. On June 28, 1830, he was found dead on the doorsteps of his house. Many people speculated that he was assassinated while others believe it was a natural cause. Nevertheless, his influence helped the slaves become free which influenced the outcome of the Civil War.