HST 101 Lecture 23: 11/29 lecture
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Three contexts: federal vs state/territory authority, slavery as a moral issue. Abolitionists: slavery as an economic issue. Preside(cid:374)t pier(cid:272)e(cid:859)s de(cid:373)o(cid:374)stratio(cid:374) of federal support for sla(cid:448)er(cid:455) Anthony burns affair 1854: fugitive slave from va arrested in boston, burns guarded by federal troops on way to ship that took him back to va, significance. Personal liberty law in ma did not protect burns. Trial determined burns was still the property of his owner. Pres pierce ordered federal troops to guard burns and return him to va. Norther(cid:374)ers i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)gl(cid:455) (cid:449)orried a(cid:271)out sla(cid:448)e sla(cid:448)es(cid:859) po(cid:449)er to (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. Kansas-nebraska bill 1854: purpose organize territories for transcontinental railroad, bill left the question of slavery to the people residing in those territories, bill contradicted the missouri compromise, bill became law with support from pres. Slavery, free soilers, and the birth of the republican party. New party spurred by northerners anger at kn bill: free soilers, anti-slavery whigs, northern democrats and other reformers joined.
