Chapter 1 A Secret Message Rose Greenhow had a secret life Most people knew her as a pretty lively woman who hosted popular parties at her house in Washington D C Rose had many close friends in the government Her home was the center of Washington social life In 1861 the United States was torn apart by the Civil War Rose lived in the North but her heart was with the Confederate government in the South Few people knew that Rose was not just a woman who liked to have friends over She was really a Confederate spy Portrait of Rose Greenhow between 1855 and 1865 4
The Nation Breaks Apart During the 1850s problems were building between the northern United States and the southern United States The main issue was slavery The North believed that slavery was wrong They wanted to abolish or get rid of slavery Slavery in the North Some well-known U S heroes such as John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin bought and sold slaves Slave burial grounds have been discovered in Philadelphia and New York City 6
People in the South had a different idea They used slaves to work on their plantations The South had an agricultural economy Without slaves their economy could not survive Things were different in the North which had an industrial economy 7
