History 2301E Study Guide - Final Guide: Cotton Gin, Peculiar Institution
27 Feb 2018
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The practice of slavery in america, and the discussion of its abolition, Slavery and abolition: the northern states abolished slavery soon after american independence, brought the two ideals of freedom and the right to maintain property into conflict. It did this both because some men were not free, and because abolishing slavery would deprive certain free men (slaveholders) of their property (slaves). In essence, the freedom of the african-americans was. As well in 1860 cotton accounted for 58% of all exports. As well it sold over 1 million copies and was turned into a play: the underground railroad weakened the institution of slavery by assisting escaped slaves to freedom. This resulted in the freeing of thousands of slaves: the dread scott case strengthened the institution of slavery because the supreme court ruled that the government had no right to ban slavery in the american territories.
