"In 1807, the British Parliament banned the Atlantic slave trade.   ... In 1815, after pressure from the British, France and the Netherlands agreed to ban the slave trade and Portugal agreed to end it after a few years.   In 1817, Spain signed a treaty agreeing to immediately end the slave trade north of the equator and south of the equator in 1820.   ... "The Supreme Court decided the citizenship question for African Americans, slave and free, in Scott v. ... In the final draft of January 1, 1863, he was content to say that they "are, and henceforward shall be free." ...

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Given that the Constitution was strongly swayed by slave-owners, the Constitution is Pro-Slavery because slaveholders controlled the bureaus and ordered the policy of the Government enforcing the stability and repercussion of the Nation to the provision of slavery here and there; overriding the rights of the Free States, and thus forcing the courts of the nation to be their instruments. ... As for the partition of Representatives amongst free and slave states was nowhere close to an end. ... This indignity which was caused by the word "slave," first began in the delegation, while the dispute ...

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These two transportation systems improved traveling and trade. Trade was extremely important to the economy because without trade we would not get money for all the crops farmers grew down south and all the manufacturing things the northerners made. ... As the U.S. started adding more states, the question over whether the new states should be free states or slave states caused problems. If America added one slave state they needed to add another state but have it being a free state so the balance would continue as they expanded. ... The court ruling was a slave in a free state is still propert...

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The northern states argued that in the case of property, the way bonds people had been treated since the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade, slaves should not be counted towards the state Census. ... But herein the sad contradiction is stated: African slaves are used for political advantage but yet are not given the right of a citizen, to be free and vote. ... They claimed that if the subject to decide upon slave trade were left to the states they would eventually stop it by themselves in a matter of time. ... Several northern States like Vermont, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania had gra...

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The National Government placed a tariff on imported goods in 1832 which angered South Carolina because they had to either pay taxes for their goods or trade with the north whom they disliked. ... This bill showed the imbalanced amount of power in the government between the north and south, the north got favorited since the national government was basically making the south trade with the north which only made them stronger and gave them a clear advantage knowing they had the government behind them and overall because the south was pro-state government the force bill went against what they said...

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In the 1800's there existed the Free states and those states that were classified as slavery states. ... On the other hand, the republicans were totally against the abolition and banning of slave trade in the U.S. ... The North began by banning and completely abolishing slave trade. ... Southerners rejected the interstate rights notion because if it would be implemented, it would mean that Free states would be able to disallow slavery in their states while their objective was to spread and expand slavery to the Free states. Northerners knew that the major objective of the Southerners in ...

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Separation of marriages and families in slave trade, sexual abuse of slave women, and the harsh treatment of the slaves in the fields, were just a few ways that slaves were mistreated. ... The problem that lies ahead for Americans is what will four million slaves in the south do once they are free. ... It is not the slaves fault that they are uneducated and posses no skills, but once free what can they contribute to society. ... They believed that they should be free but did not believe that should be giving the same job opportunities as whites. Blacks mainly worked unskilled low paying jobs, ...

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The Right to be Free Freedom. ... Their desire to live and think as they wished, free from the persecution of those who misunderstood their ways led to their settling in America, a land that was, for them, synonymous with freedom since there would be no opposing majority to persecute them. ... These acts, which called for things such as the taxing of paper goods (Stamp Act, 1765) and the hindering of trade through the forbidden issuing of paper money by the colonies (Currency Act, 1764), placed shackles upon the colonists and their businesses, forever connecting them to their European ...

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Slavery in America stems well back to when the new world was first discovered and was led by the country to start the African Slave Trade-Portugal. The African Slave Trade was first exploited for plantations in that is now called the Caribbean, and eventually reached the southern coasts of America. ... Some of these slaves were housed as well as free workers, but many others were lived under the worst conditions. ... As slavery continued and as it did more and more slaves tried to escape to the free states or into Canada. ... The system involved 3,000 white helpers and freed an estimated 75,00...

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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 traded with everyone, while the South traded primarily with England. ... The price of tobacco had plummeted, and planters were freeing slaves because of the high cost of feeding, housing and clothing them. ... This explosion in the growth of the cotton market rejuvenated the slave trade. This time, though, the slave trade was not between the U.S. and Africa, but instead between the Old South, and the New South. ... The compromise said that free and slave states had to be admitted in pairs to retain equality in the Senate, and that no further slave s...

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The people of the North were supportive of a free society. ... During the war, Union blockades stopped most foreign trade in the South (Scott). ... Particularly after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, slavery was essential to the cotton trade. ...

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During the Civil War, the United States cut off the Reciprocity Agreement, a partial free trade pact, which they recently made with the colonies of British North America. ... North America (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) wanted to become free and independent in order to control their own food industry. ... They decided that they wanted to be free and independent, so that pushed forward the idea of uniting into a country. ...

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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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" Native Americans quickly learned just how valuable these African American slaves were and began selling and trading them amongst their own tribes. ... The Native American slave trade was only in existence until about 1730, after the trade led to a series of deadly wars among the tribes (Halliburton). ... Tribal members began buying or trading African American slaves for field work, domestic work, and various trades (Cox). ... After all the warring, tension, and rivalries had simmered down, and soon after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the Cherokee Nation freed each and every ...

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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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The North's economy was based on Industry and Trade. ... The South wanted a weak central government and more control in the states North wanted a strong central government which could help regulate trade and promote inducstry. ... They were freed and slavery was outlawed, but true equality was a goal they would never reach in their lives. ...

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Stewart was also an African American, but was born to free African American parents. ... She states on page 1037 of her Lecture delivered at the Franklin Hall that, "Methinks that were the American free people of color to turn their attention more assiduously to moral worth and intellectual improvement, this would be the result: prejudice would gradually diminish, and the whites would be compelled to say, unloose those fetters." ... He realized that "education and slavery were incompatible" (pg. 1072) and knowledge became to him like "valuable bread" that he traded to the poor white urchins in...

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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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This can be shown through the fugitive slave clause, which states that escaped slaves were not free once crossing into other states and had to be returned to the owner. ... Moreover, the Constitution prohibited Congress to outlaw the slave trade until 1808. ... Most importantly, the Constitution defined "We the people" as the free Americans and excluded the slaves and Indians. ... They did not receive the principle of the consent of the governed like all of the free citizens of America did. ...

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He saw slavery as a positive good and states that slavery "forms the most solid and durable foundation on which to build free and stable political institutions" (MHL Calhoun p. 235). ... He felt if he freed the slaves, he could lose the support from the South and with elections coming up and he could not afford that. ... John Quincy Adams expressed the following in a letter dated November 19, 1839: "They were victims of the African slave trade, recently imported into the island of Cuba, in gross violation of the laws of the Island and of Spain; and by acts which our own laws hav...

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The Northern agreed to this decision because they believed that there was still a lot of money to be made from the slave trade industry, which would help the young, growing economy. ... 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. ... Over all the freeing of the slaves was merely a by-product of the ci...

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The main reasoning for the split was when these thoughts of the banning of slavery became a reality, Vermont banned slavery in 1777, then in 1780 Pennsylvania freed all children born enslaved who reached the age of 28. ... As time rolled on, it did not get better for the South, the Embargo of 1807 halted all trade between the United States and Europe, the south and west saw the demand for their crops plummet rapidly. ... Missouri issued for statehood but there was the issue of it being a free or slave state, to settle the issue Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, this was one ...

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The Missouri Compromise resulted in Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 made California a Free State and New Mexico and Utah became territories with popular sovereignty. ... The "Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention" in 1834, admits that Congress cannot interfere with slavery in the states but can end the interstate slave trade and slavery in the territories. ... The map of the presidential election of 1860 shows that Lincoln wins all the "free" states votes except New Jersey and has an electoral majority of 180 but onl...

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