In the 1850s, slavery deeply divided Americans along regional lines, with the Southern states supporting the institution for their agricultural economy, while Northern states increasingly opposed it on moral and economic grounds. This divide led to intense political conflicts, including the rise of the Republican Party and the contentious debates over the expansion of slavery into new territories. Events like the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision further exacerbated tensions, fueling animosity and contributing to the eventual outbreak of the Civil War. The fundamental disagreement over slavery's role in society underscored the broader cultural and economic rifts between the North and South.
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The Compromise of 1850 offered the Fugitive slave act to supporters of slavery. This meant that if a slave ran away he could be caught by his owner.
Numbers of Americans supported slavery, and some loathed slavery.
1850 Comprimise
The issue of slavery was becoming A larger population
The North did not want slavery they thought it was wrong to treat African Americans different from others.
The North did not want slavery they thought it was wrong to treat African Americans different from others.
It abolished slavery in Texas.
The role of slavery changed in Missouri from 1850 to 1870 because slavery was officially abolished in 1865, although after that there were still slaves. In the 1850's, it was still common practice to have slaves.
sloavery was bad inthe 1800-1850
The slavery law in 1850 was the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required the capture and return of escaped slaves to their owners, even if they were in free states. This law intensified the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States and contributed to the growing divide that eventually led to the Civil War.
No, slavery started long before, in Ancient countries.
Not slavery - slave-trading. It was the District of Columbia.
Slavery.
read chapter 11
Slavery is guaranteed by the Constitution. Slavery existed in all the other major world powers. Slavery was a necessary evil that would die out gradually