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The issue of slavery was the central issue in America in the 1850's. While slavery had been declared legal by Chief Justice Roger Tanner in the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, an unresolved question was whether or not slavery would be allowed in the new states, as well as the existing slave states' ability to reclaim any slaves escaped to the non-slave states in the northeast.

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The abolition of slavery.

Slavery was very prominent in the south and the begin of a protest for it's abolition was prominent in the north.

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