As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. ... Serious tensions between the free and salve states evolved from different developing economic systems in The United States. ... In 1787 he worked with John Jay and James Madison to write series of 85 essays in support of the Constitution. Known as "The Federalist Papers," these remarkable essays proved critical in achieving ratification of the constitution in the nation. The essays were published under the pen name Publius. ...

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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. ... She became the most famous leader of the underground railroad, which aided slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... In 1831, Maria Stewart began to write essays and make speeches against slavery, promoting educational and economic self-sufficiency for blacks. ...

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The Tallmadge Amendment would have ceased the import of slaves into Missouri and progressively freed those already in oppression there. ... Slavery itself noticeably stretched its finger into the Mid-Atlantic's free states in the post-war ages. ... So did the increasing practice of snatching free African Americans from the North into Southern oppression. ... "Fellow citizens," he wailed, "these outrages were committed upon a family of free people in Philadelphia, and on the Sabbath day" (Coffin). ... Slavery appeared less essential and more intimidating to neighboring ...

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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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