 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutorwazve kweCharleston kwakanga kuri chikonzero chokupemberera munyika dzose dzakasununguka. Mureza wakaderedzwa pakukundwa kweFort Sumter muna 1861, pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu, wakanga wabatwa senhaka, wakaiswa mumudziyo wakanyatsogadzirwa uye wakaratidzwa pazviitiko zvekuda nyika kuti ubatsire mukuunganidza mari. Zvino mupurisa mumwe cheteyo uyo akanga adzikisira pasi akatumwa kuCharleston kuzosimudzazve. Ngarava dzakarendwa dzakaunza mazana avaipinda kubva kure seNew York. Vatema vakanga vari muchikepe chakasiyana, nomutungamiriri wevatema. Mukurukuri mukuru akanga ari mufundisi akakurumbira zvikurusa weAmerica, Henry Ward Beecher, munununa waHarriet Beecher Stowe. William Lloyd Garrison uye vatori venhau vazhinji vakapindawo. Chiitiko chacho chave chakanganwika zvikuru nemhaka yokuti usiku ihwohwo, April 14, President Lincoln akapondwa. 