3. LARGE POPULATION FACTORIES CITIES IMMIGRANTS

4. ARGROCULTURAL PLANTATIONS “KING COTTON” “THE COTTON KINGDOM” MORE LAND, MORE SLAVES 50% OF ALL EXPORTS (1840)

5. SLAVES LIVED IN FAMILY UNITS = CHILDREN COMMINUTY ENCOURAGE = LESS REBELLION

6. EXTREMELY VALUABLE $1,200 GOOD MEDICAL TREATMENT MOST WORKED IN COTTON FIELDS (10-12 HOURS A DAY) SLAVE CODES NO FREEDOM – SOLD – BROKEN FAMILIES – PUNISHED – NO LAST NAME – HARD WORK – NO CULTURE

7. ABOLITION: TO END SLAVERY NO SLAVES IN NORTH AFTER 1800 QUAKERS IN P.A. START CAMPAIGN AGAINST SLAVERY

8. FORMS ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY WRITES “THE LIBERATOR” FREE THE SLAVES BY “WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY!” NO PLAN NEEDED JUST FREE THEM NOW!

9. FORMER SLAVE MAKES A STRONG IMPRESSION ABOUT HIS LIFE TOURS THE NORTH LECTURING

10. HELP SLAVES ESCAPE TO CANADA

11. PROBLEMS WITH SLAVERY NORTH CONTROLS THE HOUSE SENATE = NORTH (11), SOUTH (11) MISSOURI WANTS TO BE ADMITTED AS A SLAVE STATE THIS WOULD UPSET THE BALANCE IN THE SENATE!

12. DEBATED IN CONGRESS TALLMADGE: NO SLAVERY IN LA PURCHASE-CONGRESS EXPLODES CLAY COMPROMISES: MISSOURI & MAINE + 36’ 30” LINE

13. LOYALTY TO ONE’S STATE OR SECTION RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE NATION SOUTH SEES NORTH AS A THREAT TO THEIR WAY OF LIFE NORTH SEES SOUTH AS ALMOST LIKE ANOTHER COUNTRY -ABOLITION MOVEMENT IS GROWING

14. SUGGESTED BANNING SLAVERY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MISSOURI COMPROMISE ONLY APPLIES TO LOUISIANA PURCHASE MANY NORTHERNERS OPPOSED MEXICAN WAR – SOUTH WANTS TO SPREAD SLAVERY PASSES IN HOUSE – FAILS IN SENATE DAVID WILMONT (PA)

15. SOME SAY MISSOURI COMPROMISE SHOULD BE EXTENED WEST OTHERS CALL FOR POPULAR SOVERNIGNTY: PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORY WILL VOTE TO DECIDE IF THEY WILL BE A SLAVE OR A FREE STATE

16. POLITICAL PARTY FOUNDED IN 1848 – KEEP SLAVERY OUT OF MEXICAN CESSION – BELIEVED IN WILMONT PROVISO “FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LAND, FREE MEN” FEDREAL AID FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS – FREE LAND

17. POLK DOES NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION LEWIS CASS DEMOCRAT POPULAR SOVERNIGNTY ZACHARY TAYLOR WHIG NO PLATFORM: WAR HERO FREE SOIL MARTIN VAN BUREN

18. WHIG TAYLOR WAR HERO CASS DEMOCRAT

19. DID NOT KNOW REALLY HOW TO BE PRESIDENT NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, OR SOPHISTICATION COMMON, ORDINARY, WARMHEARTED