It can only be believed that the civil war would've been avoided if the south wasn't so dependent on cotton profit, but they had been left behind by northerners who were more economically diverse due to trade and industrialism. ... The upholding of cotton trade was due to inventions like the cotton gin, made by Eli Whitney, that made the process of separating cotton easier. ... In the year 1860, it can be seen that the North had way more railroads than the south, showing the importance of trade in the North rather than the South. ... In the election of 1860, as seen in document N, fr...

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The North had a cooler climate and rocky terrain, which did not allow for a focus on agriculture; however, the north was able to focus more on trade. ... Because of the climate difference and rocky terrain, the North was able to develop a more industrialized economy based on trade (Document A). ... Dred Scott, an African American who was born a slave but had lived on free soil for four years, tried to sue his master for not granting him freedom (Document F). ... Finally, during the years leading up to the Civil War, the North and South were faced with the political issue of whether or not a to...

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Even though they all agreed on the structure of the new government, the delegates argued about the issues concerning representation, slavery, and trade. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... "The constitution protected existing slaves but envisaged the ending of the slave trade by 1808 (Barker 43)". The Northern shipping industry could still make a lot of money with the continuing slave trade. ... So the norths economy depended on more trade than farming. ...

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Slaves also could be set free by their owners, if they saved enough money to buy them ownselves and become free. ... All in all, millions of the people captured in Africa for the slave trade never lived to see their destination. ... Helping runaways was illegal even in the free states. ... Funds were being collected so that slaves could be free. ... After the slaves in the United States were freed, slavery b...

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Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. ... To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. ... Through a Southern rigging of the ballot, a state constitution passed permitting slavery, despite free-soilers outnumbering proslavery citizens by three to one. ...

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It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. ... Northerners said that slavery revoked the human right of being a free person. ... Now the balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states was in trouble. Maine also applied for statehood in 1819, in which it was admitted as a free state. ... This compromise allowed abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia and admission of California as a free state. ...

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It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. ... Northerners said that slavery revoked the human right of being a free person. ... Now the balance of 11 Free states and 11 Slave states was in trouble. ... Representatives were sent from 7 slave and 14 free states. ... I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." ...

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It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. ... Northerners said that slavery revoked the human right of being a free person. ... Now the balance of 11 Free states and 11 Slave states was in trouble. ... Representatives were sent from 7 slave and 14 free states. ... I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." ...

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This compromise was formed at a time when there was equilibrium between slave and Free states, with eleven of each. ... As Maine was admitted as a free state, Missouri was simultaneously added as a slave state. ... The next was to expand it into Free states, into New York, New England, Pennsylvania, etc. until the entire North was part of the Slave Power." (153) As one could imagine, this viewpoint was one held by a distinct minority population in the north; freed slaves. One particularly famous African American who was freed from slavery was Fredrick Douglass. ... The compromise admitted...

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This caused many problems for example if a free black man tried to stake his claim at land he found gold on he was denied it. ... The first was admission of California as a free state. ... Third, the abolition of slave trade in the district of Columbia, but not slavery itself. ...

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" In the compromise, the California admission issue was resolved and it was admitted as a free state, also, there would be no more slave trade in Washington D.C., and the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico ended in favor of New Mexico. ... This settlement somehow aggravated the problem between the North and the South in congress about the balance of free and slave states, then later on lead to South secession from the Union. ...

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The three-fifths rule, the constitutional promise not to halt the international slave trade until 1808, and the banning of slavery in the Northwest Territory were all attempts to avoid confronting differences between the North and South. ... Most Northerners were committed to free-market capitalism, individual opportunity, and free labor, and many contrasted what they believed to be the civilizing effects of hard work and commerce with the supposed laziness and barbarism of the slave South. ...

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He lived the first twenty or so years of his life being a slave and being traded from plantation to plantation. ... Frederick Douglass didn't have a set thesis in this book, but from my observation in saying that a good thesis would be that, slavery was the most horrific way of living a lifetime, and that living a life of slavery one was most unlucky compared to any free man. ...

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Like Galations 5:1 states, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. ... This means that we should stand firm against everything that is wrong, because Jesus has set everyone free from sin just like the Civil War set slaves free from slavery. ... During the slave trade, African American were transported by Europeans who planned to sell them as slaves. ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act also severely weakened the Democratic party in the free states (Hughes 48-49, Katz 79 -82). ... Just as John 8:36 states, "So if the Son of man sets you free you are free indeed" (McPherson 712-713, H...

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Lincoln wondered "free them, and make them politically and socially our equals?" ... He believed that the "government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free." ... Lincoln had said to Greeley, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it: and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some, and leaving other alone I would also do that." ... In issuing the proclamation he had valued in saving both the Union and freeing all slaves. ... Striner quibbles how when Lincoln was offered to have the seceded states re...

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At this time the president had his hand full because the union was going to split in two slave states and Free states.* During this time of political chaos, a time where the southern states would try and cheat the northern out of a fair boat, one man decided to take it upon himself to end slavery. John Brown wanted to set up his own nation if freed slaves in Appalachia. He wanted to get free the slaves from the south, and felt the only way to accomplish this goal was by violence. ... Lincoln had a few concerns on what to do with the freed slaves? ... To take advantage of this the Union se...

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The court decided that all people of African ancestry, slaves as well as those who were free, could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. ... Some went so far as to demand the resumption of the Atlantic slave trade."... It was imperative that Scott win his freedom or else the south would win again and proslavery would further spread, even to the free states. Dred Scott was purchased by his previous owner's sons and childhood friends, Peter Blow, and he and his wife were set free. ... Dred Scott's life is a typical life of a black m...

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On the fourth night at sea, the slaves freed themselves. ... It stated that every child born in the United States after July 4, 1842 should be considered free. ... In the District of Columbia, slavery and slave trade wouldn't be allowed to exist after July 4, 1845, according to Adam's resolution. ... He shook hands with Cinque and told him, "God willing, we will make you free." ... Some of these freed men tried to raise money by dancing and singing. ...

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In the 1800's there were radical changes to the slave trade and North American slave holdings. In the U.S. movements were forming to stop the holding and trade of slaves. ... Its goal was to send the free slaves to Liberia, Africa. ... Abolitionists became important to the Free Soil Party in 1848. ... This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ...

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In 1841, New Orleans was known as ground zero for the slave trade. ... Solomon Northrup, an educated free man from the North who was kidnapped into slavery. ... If you are a free slave they still can sell you to who ever want to buy you weather they lived up or down the river. ... Even a free man has no right to a trial by jury. ...

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Slaves were property of the slave owner, so, the slaves were continuously traded and families were constantly broken up. ... It recalled the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free." ... It was during this realization that Douglass decided to set himself free. ... After Douglass became free, he felt lonely because he did not want to lose his freedom. ...

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Ultimately, slaves are not free as they do not have the choice to not work at their own will. ... Fitzhugh's paper states that black people are "unfitted for the mechanic arts, for trade, and all skillful pursuits." Douglass clearly proves that incorrect by learning a trade at the shipyard, he even earns wages! ...

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Freedman's Bureau - The Freedman's Bureau was set into place in 1865 to help the former slaves learn how to live free. ... Homestead Act - In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, providing 160 acres of public land free to any adult citizen or head of family who had lived on the land for five years. ... Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Proposed by Senator John Sherman, this act made it illegal to try to monopolize any trade or commerce. ...

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A small percentage of blacks living in the south were free, but they were not considered to by equals to southern whites. All of the blacks living in the northern states were also free. ... Reconstruction was a time in which the federal government prescribed methods, laws and a means for the southern states to reenter the union and install a free labor system. ...

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Then began the Reconstruction and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves. ... Southern whites believed that the emancipation of slaves would destroy the South's economy because of the alleged laziness of blacks under free labor. ... In Kansas Territory, years of pro and anti-slavery violence and political conflict erupted; the Congressional House of Representatives voted to admit Kansas as a free state in early 1860, but its admission in the Senate was delayed until January 1861, after the 1860 elections when Southern senators began to ...

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