The Underground Railroad
Southern states and slave holders.
Southern slave holders used arguments based on white supremacy and the belief that Black people were inferior and needed to be controlled by whites. They argued that slavery was necessary for the economy and that they were providing a "civilizing" influence on enslaved individuals.
The Southern slave holders profited form Rober B Toneys Decisions. He made it possible for southern slave holders to take their slaves off of foreign land because they were the slave onwners property. This was done through the Dred Scott case.
Negroes.
because southern slaves are stupid
One argument used by southern slave holders to justify slavery was the belief that African Americans were inferior and needed to be controlled and guided by whites for their own good. They also argued that slavery was essential for the economic prosperity of the southern states, as it provided a cheap source of labor for plantations.
Slave holders were considered the highest of the social class. The only way to achieve upward mobility was to own more slaves.
they tried to prevent southerners from reading abolitionist materials
slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico
because they pooed
Because they supported freedom, but not for everyone.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was important to southern slaveholders because it required all citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves, strengthening the institution of slavery in the South by making it easier to recover escaped slaves and deterring others from attempting to flee. The law also provided legal mechanisms to support slaveholders in pursuing escaped slaves across state lines.