Slaves were seen as lesser people in the populous, in terms of representation, slave numbers were considered 3/5 of what they were, and the issue of slavery was not pushed in the two key debates in fear that it would lead to the Southern states distancing themselves.
American colonists wanted freedom and believed England should not be able to control overseas. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the time period of the Enlightenment ... Therefore, American Colonists wanted independence from England.
He's 66, turning 67 on June 18. He was born in 1949.
It was the "The Fugitive Slave Act" that renewed Lincoln's passion against slavery, since this Act made it possible for "slave hunters" to come into the North and bring slaves back to the South.
