The question of whether or not slavery would continue in the US.The US Constitution did not outlaw slavery, and the South dependedupon it for their economic survival. read more
Senator who persuaded Congress to accept the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Maine into the Union as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state Uncle Tom's Cabin written by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict. read more