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The Higher Law doctrine stated that slavery should be excluded from the territories as contrary to a divine moral law standing above even the Constitution. Senator Seward proposed this doctrine in 1851.

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Senator William seward's doctrine that slavery should be excluded from the territories as contrary to a divine moral law standing above even the constitution?

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What is the name of senator William Seward doctrine that said slavery should be excluded from the territories as contrary to a divine moral law standing above even the constitution?

Higher Law


Senator William sewards doctrine that slavery should be excluded from the territories?

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Senator William Seward's doctrine that slavery should be excluded from the?

Senator William Seward's doctrine that slavery should be excluded from the territories because divine morality was above the Constitution came to be known as the Higher Law doctrine. He delivered his famous Higher Law speech on March 11, 1850.


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When Stephen Douglas explained that slavery could be excluded from a territory if the officials did not pass laws to protect it his argument became known as the .?

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