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Congress did not have the authority it prohibit slavery in the territories
Due to the backing up of the Spanish and Portuguese. I believe they seemed to be more liberal toward the public at that time. And had a lot of money, whilst Britain, France, Dutch guys were opposite.
I'm not entirely sure since i'm British
