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☆☆☆☆☆When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
(novanet) most crops were tended with slave labor
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
it required private citizens to assist in the search for runaway slaves
He would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed.
Crittendens compromise
If I am correct, and I believe I am, the Compromise of 1850 ended the practice of slave auctions inside the borders of Washington DC.
He couldn't declare war, because that would mean recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
So he called for volunteer troops - and the other side was in no doubt what they were meant for.
