USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the American Revolution, many colonists-particularly in the North, where slavery was relatively unimportant to the agricultural economy-began to link the oppression of enslaved Africans to their own oppression by the British, and to call for slavery’s abolition. Did you know?

Detailed explanation-2: -Most northerners did not doubt that black people were inferior to whites, but they did doubt the benevolence of slavery. The voices of Northern abolitionists, such as Boston editor and publisher William Lloyd Garrison, became increasingly violent.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abolitionists believed slavery was morally wrong, some favored a gradual end to slavery, while others wanted to outlaw it all at once.

Detailed explanation-4: -Northern States Argument: Because they could not vote and were not citizens, slaves should not count toward the apportionment of House seats.