Pro slavery:
Until the middle of the 18th century, slavery was a common way of life for many. However, across Europe through the last part of the 18th century there were intellectual antislavery arguments based on moral arguments which questioned the acceptance of slavery. It was all fine until the Revolutionary War that slavery became such an issue in North America. In the northern part of the future United States, slavery was becoming less and less of a thing after the Revolutionary War. Though it may have been less than the southern states, the emancipation process for New York and Pennsylvania were slower since they were larger states. By 1810, many of the slaves in the North had been freed.
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Due the the Industrial Revolution in the northern states, this created a new home for thousands of new immigrants. With the new amount of immigrants and the large amounts of slaves, westward expansion slowly became an issue. Politicians were beginning to deal with the issue of having an unbalanced amount of representatives from each state so in 1820, they came up with the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This created a line across the southern and northern states to divide the slavery and westward expansion issue. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 made future slavery illegal in all areas of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36°30′ parallel with the exception of Missouri which is included in the slave states. The northern states such as Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan were all free states, since they were above the Louisiana Purchase line. All states below this line would become slave states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and Missouri. This compromise may have solved the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase, but this would only be a temporary
Until the middle of the 18th century, slavery was a common way of life for many. However, across Europe through the last part of the 18th century there were intellectual antislavery arguments based on moral arguments which questioned the acceptance of slavery. It was all fine until the Revolutionary War that slavery became such an issue in North America. In the northern part of the future United States, slavery was becoming less and less of a thing after the Revolutionary War. Though it may have been less than the southern states, the emancipation process for New York and Pennsylvania were slower since they were larger states. By 1810, many of the slaves in the North had been freed.
In the United States, the idea of antislavery …show more content…
Due the the Industrial Revolution in the northern states, this created a new home for thousands of new immigrants. With the new amount of immigrants and the large amounts of slaves, westward expansion slowly became an issue. Politicians were beginning to deal with the issue of having an unbalanced amount of representatives from each state so in 1820, they came up with the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This created a line across the southern and northern states to divide the slavery and westward expansion issue. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 made future slavery illegal in all areas of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36°30′ parallel with the exception of Missouri which is included in the slave states. The northern states such as Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan were all free states, since they were above the Louisiana Purchase line. All states below this line would become slave states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and Missouri. This compromise may have solved the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase, but this would only be a temporary