How do you think the South felt after Lincoln won the election?

The election of Lincoln led to the secession of seven states in the South before the inauguration and the outright secession of four more, once the Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter. The election was the first of six consecutive victories for the Republican Party.

the relocation of freed slaves to africa. garrison was one of the main voices in the anti-slavery movement, publishing his thoughts and the voices of slaves such as douglass in his magazin the liberator, to involve douglass in the political process.