When Did Civil War Really Begin?

Posted by Mary Trotter Kion Mar 20, 2007

Would you believe that one of the first causes for the American Civil War occurred in the early 1600s? It was in 1619 that some Jamestown, Virginia settlers purchased the first Africans, starting the situation of Slavery as an Issue for War that would come to a head some two hundred years later. These first black slaves were considered indentured servants but soon came to be regarded as slaves-for life! Years later, the big question arose over which territories and which states would allow slavery and which ones would be considered free soil, or no slavery allowed.