“This America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world (Baker).” America relied heavily on slavery, not only because it was a profitable market, but because America had a small workforce making it hard to find work to cover the large amounts of land, which was solved by having slave plantations and also the U.S. Constitution protected slavery in several ways making it hard for America to abolish it quickly.
Slavery in America began when the first African American slaves were brought to Jamestown to help produce and take care of the prosperous …show more content…
Although the Missouri Compromise was successful, it very popular by the Pro-Slavery Southerners because they felt like the government was able to make more rules regarding slavery and it would rule more in their favor, in addition Northerners approved of it reluctantly, but not in full agreeance because to them it was the long-standing binding agreement but perhaps the start of the abolishment of the slave movement by maintaining free-slave states and slave states, but however, it surely was not what they were fully trying to accomplish. It had gotten to the point where the territories of Kansas and of Nebraska were furious that they couldn’t make their own decisions in whether or not to allow slavery within them, that the U.S. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May of 1854 (Kansas-Nebraska Act). The Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery settlers began to argue furiously and violence erupted causing the territory of Kansas to be nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas” because of this period of disturbance and it also helped create the pathway to the American Civil
Slavery in America began when the first African American slaves were brought to Jamestown to help produce and take care of the prosperous …show more content…
Although the Missouri Compromise was successful, it very popular by the Pro-Slavery Southerners because they felt like the government was able to make more rules regarding slavery and it would rule more in their favor, in addition Northerners approved of it reluctantly, but not in full agreeance because to them it was the long-standing binding agreement but perhaps the start of the abolishment of the slave movement by maintaining free-slave states and slave states, but however, it surely was not what they were fully trying to accomplish. It had gotten to the point where the territories of Kansas and of Nebraska were furious that they couldn’t make their own decisions in whether or not to allow slavery within them, that the U.S. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May of 1854 (Kansas-Nebraska Act). The Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery settlers began to argue furiously and violence erupted causing the territory of Kansas to be nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas” because of this period of disturbance and it also helped create the pathway to the American Civil