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.
Harriet Tubamn
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
(novanet) most crops were tended with slave labor
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
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.
Henry Clay.
He hoped to inspire a revolution that would end slavery.
Several events contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Many people consider the 1861 battle of Fort Sumter to be the direct trigger.
Missouri Compromise
During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.