PSC 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Frederick Douglass, Missouri Compromise, Salmon P. Chase
11 Sep 2018
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During the jacksonian era, the federal courts were increasingly active in protecting the constitutional rights of slaveholders, yet showed virtually no concern for the constitutional rights of slaves, free blacks, or abolitionists. Population is increasing more in north than south, south feared that gradually the north might eventually seize control and impose will on the government. Slavery is moral objectionable, but southerners were extreme in defending it and warped the democratic constitution. Northern democrats and whigs = opposed to slavery. Southern democrats and whigs = fought for slavery. Northern whigs = today"s republicans free soil party . Dred scott v. sandford (1857): owner brought hum to a free state, and then back (the residing on free soil he believed rendered him free) (england promoted this idea when they banned slavery) Missouri compromise (1820) = south of the line, slavery is allowed and north of the line, slavery is prohibited.
