If you're talking about Frederick Douglass, than this would be accurate. Douglass got into the fight because he was angry that he was being treated like an animal and he didn't want to be anymore. Though he did attack Covey, Covey never whipped or hurt Douglass again. Basically, nothing happened to him physically, other than maybe a few scratches here and there.
The economics or slavery and political control were the main causes of the civil war. Southern states wanted the ability to abolish federal laws that they did not support. Also, southern states wanted to take slaves west, but the north did not want the slave trade to expand. The southern states also felt they had lost all influence in the government after Lincoln was elected without a single electoral vote from the south.
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