Antebellum period refer to the period when American civil war happen. Before the it happen, most people believe that colonization was the most suitable solution to deal with the population of freedmen
<em>In American history the Antebellum Period is regarded as the period prior to the civil war and after the War of 1812.</em>
<em>Although some historians enlarged it to all the years from the acquisition of the Constitution in 1789 to the start of the Civil War. It was categorized by the gradual views of the country between supporters and abolitionists of slavery and the rise of abolition. </em>