History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1964 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Slave Power
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The idea
Slaveholders claimed states' rights as their principle, yet the anchor says they used federal power bending other states' residents to their purposes.
In practice
Federal power rejected when it restricted slavery and embraced when it protected slavery.
Where people slip
Slave Power was the northern name for that pattern. It describes a consistency of interest rather than a consistency of principle.
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