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They weren't treated like humans, but more as a commodity, something that can be used and abused without care. In the North, people were against slavery and working to end it, so naturally, you'd go somewhere safer, where you're actually seen as a human being with feelings and unalienable rights.
Most hills are "B. Not steep", since for it to be a hill it needs to be somewhere in between the elevation of flat land and mountainous land, which of course is much higher and usually steeper.
In the US government, citizens play a key role in elections
In a unitary government the central government holds all the power. In a federal government the power is divided between the central government and lower levels of government (provinces or states). In a confederate government most of the power rests in the states.'
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