up until it was abolished ... it still is to this day in some third world countries
The South was the center of slavery. More specifically, Alabama and Georgia were the main states where slavery was most popular.
Our) peculiar institution
Nearly free labor.
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Popular sovernty was related to slavery because before the civil war Stephen Douglas said that the states should have popular sovernty and what he meant was the states have a right to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or not. This nullified the Missouri compromise which said any state above Missouri would be a free state.
Yes. If you google, "Popular slavery books" Then their well be good results.
This was a pretty much a vote on pro-slavery or anti-slavery.
The South was the center of slavery. More specifically, Alabama and Georgia were the main states where slavery was most popular.
In Mississippi & in North Carolina.
Our) peculiar institution
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
drum.
Nearly free labor.
Study Island: Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
Popular sovereignty allowed each territory to decide on the issue of slavery through a popular vote. This led to intense and violent conflicts like Bleeding Kansas because pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers flooded the territory to sway the vote in their favor, resulting in armed confrontations and confusion. The inability to peacefully settle the issue in Kansas-Nebraska demonstrated the limitations and flaws of popular sovereignty as a solution to the slavery debate.
by allowing states to vote against it
Popular Sovereignty