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Chapter 7

Emily Pulaski . Chapter 7. Dread Scott Decision . Dread Scott was a slave whose owner died in war Upon his death, Scott sued for his freedom Judge Taney denied black citizenship Lincoln told Taney “the Constitution does not permit a Sate to exclude slavery”. Lecompton Constitution .

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Chapter 7

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  1. Emily Pulaski Chapter 7

  2. Dread Scott Decision • Dread Scott was a slave whose owner died in war • Upon his death, Scott sued for his freedom • Judge Taney denied black citizenship • Lincoln told Taney “the Constitution does not permit a Sate to exclude slavery”

  3. Lecompton Constitution • They wanted to apply for statehood without submitting it to the voters • Free states boycotted the election • Walker won by default after they stuffed the ballot boxes

  4. Kansas Constitutional Convention drafted a constitution to make Kansas a slave state • Southerners had fraud tickets and they referendum the constitution • They had to draw up another constitution without slavery

  5. Kansas finally achieved statehood in 1861 • The Lecompton struggle also exposed the defects of popular sovereighty.

  6. Lincoln-Douglas Debate • Lincoln was elected by the convention for Senate. • Douglas had a hard time with past events and he was not crypto-Republican • If Douglas had the seat he would bring the party down • Lincoln’s purpose of the House Divided sppech was to put distance between Douglas and the Republicans

  7. Debates Continued • The Republicans favored black equality • Douglas said “I do not believe that the Almighty ever intended the negro to be the equal of the white man.” His supporters agreed • The Republicans votes tallied 125,000 and Democrats had 121,000 but anti-Douglas totaled 5,000 • Douglas carried more counties which helped reelect him

  8. Portents of Armageddon 1858-1859 • Lincoln thought popular sovereignty came back of the Dred Scott case • Cuba Bill • 1859 Homestead Bill

  9. The Slave Trade Controversy • The thought of opening up the slave trade again was a growing issue. • Jefferson Davis thought it unconstitutional but the Governor of demanded the reopening. • There were 3 reasons that caused this argument.

  10. The Rhetoric of Sectional Conflict • George Fitzhugh thought no one was born equal and some men were born to be slaves. He says “Slavery is a natural and normal conditions of the laboring man whether white or black” • South had hardly any trouble in the Panic of 1857 • Hinton Rowan Helper wanted to ship blacks back to Africa

  11. Helper wrote a book about how slavery was bad and it was hardly seen in the south

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