History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1516 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the North Supported It
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The idea
Northern representatives supported the amendment, framing slavery as contrary to the principles on which the country had been founded.
In practice
An argument from the Declaration rather than from economics.
Where people slip
The argument was about a state that did not yet exist, which is what made it possible to have at all.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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