A) the apathy of most northerners regarding the question
B) the presence of more important issues before congress
C) the absence of strong northern congressional leadership
D) the amount of money slave industries contributed to the national economy
E) the absence of federal authority to regulate slavery
I don't believe that "A" is the answer because Northerners were not apathetic at all about slavery. I am unsure of the answer but I am leaning towards "E" E is the correct answer
was plantation slavery under attack
He hoped to inspire a revolution that would end slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and William Lloyd Garrison.
In May of 1856, several violent events further inflamed the United States in respect to its ongoing slavery/anti-slavery tensions. The first (on the 21st) was an attack on the town of Lawrence, Kansas, by a large group of slavery advocates: great damage was done to the settlement and one citizen was killed. This attack was apparently motivated by a (non-fatal) shooting during the previous month; it also served as a motivation in turn, with five pro-slavery Kansas settlers being killed in retaliation just a few days later (on the 24th).
At Pottawatomie Creek in 1856, John Brown and his anti-slavery forces killed five prop-slavery settlers in Kansas. This was in retaliation for the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, where the town was sacked and burned.
was plantation slavery under attack
because the northern states were trying to abolish slavery, which was critical to the cotton and agricultural industry in the south.
The Quakers helped to lead the fight to end slavery. They were the first religious group to question the morality of slavery. They were instrumental in the successful operation of the 'Underground Railroad" that helped slaves escape to the northern state and then to Canada. You can read more about this interesting and egalitarian group at the related link.
Attack=98 Defence=97
yes it is
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
There were many abolitionist activists and politicians who wanted to get rid of slavery.
An attempter is person who attempts something.
He didn't consider slavery wrong. He owned slaves and had a slave mistress who gave him 6 children.
A set of beliefs and ideas that presented slavery as a threat to a white male economic independence. It was central to the Republican party's attack on slavery. Asserted that the ability of working men to achieve econom,ic independence was the basis of northern superiority. Northern working class men were concerned about competing with other workers and maintaining economic independence. The land in the west meant safety and a place they could continue to make a living and not have to worry about competition. If slavery were to move west, it would destroy that option because there would be less industrialization and they wouldn't be able to compete with slave labor.
A set of beliefs and ideas that presented slavery as a threat to a white male economic independence. It was central to the Republican party's attack on slavery. Asserted that the ability of working men to achieve econom,ic independence was the basis of northern superiority. Northern working class men were concerned about competing with other workers and maintaining economic independence. The land in the west meant safety and a place they could continue to make a living and not have to worry about competition. If slavery were to move west, it would destroy that option because there would be less industrialization and they wouldn't be able to compete with slave labor.
Some of the earliest abolitionists belonged to the Quaker faith. Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, were strongly opposed to slavery on moral grounds and played a significant role in the abolitionist movement in the United States and Britain.