Why were the North States Anti-Slavery while the South were Pro-Slavery?

by ahmadkhalaf

What made the northers despise slavery in the first place, as my little understanding at that time having slaves that you wouldn't have to pay them for work meant greater revenue for businessmen, so what happened? (On a side note, I'm an Egyptian who really wants to understand that era but Google couldn't help me, and I apologize if I said anything that mistakenly offended any person)

CrankyFederalist

This question and others like it come up every now and then. You can see other responses of mine here, here, and here.