The Bill of Rights was outlining the bounders of the government. The reason slavery was an issue is because they then were deciding if the gov had power to control slavery or not.
No, he Bill of Rights was not written before slavery. Slavery was already being practiced long before Columbus discovered the Americas.
The issue was states rights versus federal rights. The surface issue was slavery.
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state rights over the issue of withdrawal from the union and the issue of slavery
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African Americans' natural rights.
The interpretation of states rights, particularly related to issue of slavery
Bill Clinton
It was a Northern State that was pro slavery and anti Confederacy. It did not view the civil war as a slave issue. It considered the civil war a states rights issue.
states rights
Slavery. "State's Rights" is code language for "We want to own people of color".
Civil Rights
The power of the Federal Government versus States Rights and the issue of slavery.