HST 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Habeas Corpus, Everytime, Underground Railroad
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Lawyers argue that once africans are set foot on english ground, they have the same law as the. If a slave escapes, that state will restore that slave back (but think they don"t need to write it down) Southwest ordinance (1790: 1920: missouri compromise, compromise: no slavery north of the arkansaw territory, exclusion clause: excludes free balcks from being considered a slave, thomas jefferson (3rd president of us)- sees ill winds in this missouri compromise. Whig (1833: from british parliamentary system, represent the industrialization and the motion of government building infrastructure, railroads, represents merging middle class, opposite of whig= tory. First party system: 1792-1828, consisted of federalist vs democratic republican, the federalist wanted to concentrate power into the government but democratic said it has to. Lead by thomas jefferson be shared within the states: 1854 (7 years before the war, fall out.