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☆☆☆☆☆The Whigs and Democrats avoided and evaded the issue of slavery in the election of 1848 by splitting down the middle on who was for and who was against slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the South wanted to keep slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the North wanted to abolish slavery.
citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned
two opposing governments were established in kansas: proslavery and antislavery
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
(novanet) most crops were tended with slave labor
The north and the south became tow separate political entities.
Lincoln gained a large following that benefited him in future elections.
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
He would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed.
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty (Novanet Answer)
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
The Republican Party
