It was because there was an even amount of slave states and non-slave states and if Texas would be come part of the United States there would be an odd amount of slave and non-slave states and the US thought that would make the Northerner's angry.
because in the north the states were slave free
Ships from Europe would buy slaves from other slave owners in Africa (YES there were slave owners in Africa!) and then transport them into docks in southern states bordering the Atlantic. There owners from the States could buy or trade them.
the fugitive slave law
The slaves were African. They got to other countries through the slave trade in which they were sold in Africa and shipped to the United States.
A slave market or a slave auction.
There was no maximum.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required all states to help slave owners recapture their runaway slaves, even if those states did not practice slavery. This law allowed slave owners to pursue escaped slaves into free states and required citizens to assist in their capture.
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
they didn't freed slaves
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
In virginia, most people had slaves. They had them all through the war. Virginia had one of the highest slave populations.
states passed slave codes.
It was because there was an even amount of slave states and non-slave states and if Texas would be come part of the United States there would be an odd amount of slave and non-slave states and the US thought that would make the Northerner's angry.