There wasn't much violence about slavery in 1850, only a lot of verbal disagreement. The 1850 Compromise heightened the tension, through the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act, and the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as an angry protest against it. Bloodshed followed from the next compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and tensions rose further with the Dred Scott verdict (declaring slavery legal in every state of the Union), the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the John Brown rebellion. By then, war was on its way.
The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates mostly concerned the extension of slavery into the US territories. Douglas believed that the territories should decide for themselves whether or not they wished to have slavery. He felt that power should reside at the local level and should reflect the wishes of the people. Lincoln stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Lincoln believed that slavery must be dealt with as a moral wrong and that only the power of the federal government could extinguish slavery.
there was only one reason the white people of the south believed that their liberty required the continuation of slavery. They truly thought that the African's greatest potential in existence was to serve and work for the white man. They compared Africans to animals and thought it was ridiculous if either one could have freedom to work and live a similar life as them.
No there was slavery in other states as well.
John Caldwell Calhoun, senator of the South Carolina.
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Senator Stephen A. Douglas believed that the only way to democratically deal with the issue of slavery was by voting. This was called popular sovereignty and applied to his Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854.
No, many southerners believed that they had a right to break away from the union.
The Free Soil Party members were opposed to the spread of slavery because they believed in a system that was not only economical but moral as well. They believed every human being ought to be judged by his ability and not skin color.
Martin Luther King (Jnr), originally Micheal Luther King (Jnr), didn't believe in violence and took it upon himself to end segregation in the USA. He succeeded. He believed that Violence, when used, only increased the violence. A quote from his speech shows this remarkably well; 'Violence only begets violence... Hate cannot end hate, only love can do that'
Malcolm had a very strong opinion about violence. he believed that white people were devils and that they were only alive to make black people upset, afraid and wary. Also Malcolm was a Violant protester and believed that the black peoples of America would only gain equality through violent happenings.
There wasn't much violence about slavery in 1850, only a lot of verbal disagreement. The 1850 Compromise heightened the tension, through the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act, and the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as an angry protest against it. Bloodshed followed from the next compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and tensions rose further with the Dred Scott verdict (declaring slavery legal in every state of the Union), the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the John Brown rebellion. By then, war was on its way.
No, it would only have been postponed, and perhaps would have started the whole Civil War business early as all the States in favour of slavery would have witnessed an upheaval.
John Brown was a white abolitionist who died in 1859. He believed armed insurrection was the only was to stop slavery. Martin Luther King, Jr. was black and he believed in peaceful protest to stop slavery. He died in 1968.
none of this made him respond with violence. his christian beliefs told him that violence and hatred could only be conquered by love and forgiveness.
The quote "violence only begets more violence" was spoken by Moses, it's in the bible.