The major platform of the Republican Party in the 1850s was an antislavery platform. Antislavery leaders opposed the extension of slavery into even more territories. Their opposition of slavery ended up helping them to join forces.
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It was very true that Missouri was admitted as a slave state
<span>c. africa as slaves.
Historical records indicate that in the 17th century, a few Muslims were brought in from Africa as slaves. They were kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery in America. The African slaves were split up from their families and community members which destroyed the structure of the family in which Islam is based.<span>
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