In the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America, usually known as the Confederacy, was the administration of 11 Southern provinces that left the union in 1860–61, running their own businesses and fighting a military conflict until they were destroyed in the springtime of 1865.

The enmity between the South and North regions of the United States had been progressively building in the years leading to 1860. These disagreements produced a basic debate respecting personal countries' powers, as well as differing interpretations of key provisions of the Constitution. Although many financial, societal, and governmental elements contributed to this historic rivalry, enslavement was the major issue that divided the Northern and the Southern.

The labor of indentured servants has been a vital role in the financial strength of the British settlers since the creation of the American kingdoms in the 17th era. In 1619, laborers were first transported to Virginia, and the area would've been revolutionized by cash agriculture and horticulture, as well as the 'strange system' that enabled the South's rural production. Oppressed Black people have made up roughly one among the Southern community during the era of 'King Cotton' (pre to 1800s). Despite the fact that farming maintained an important element of the North's economy, the North's residential and manufacturing industries were significantly better advanced than the South's. After the Revolutionary War, the North had generally abandoned enslavement as unprofitable, but it required several governments many years to legally prohibit it.