It would be primarily commerce that takes place "within states" that is not a power of Congress, since the main power of Congress in this regard is to regulate interstate commerce.
The Mexican American War heightened tensions over slavery in that there were many disagreements over whether the new territories won from Mexico should be free or slave territories. The Wilmot Proviso, created to solve the problem, ended up slitting parties on regional areas.
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Slaves were often treated as part of their owner's family, rather than simply property. The distribution of gender among enslaved peoples under traditional lineage slavery saw women as more desirable slaves due to demands for domestic labor and for reproductive reasons.