<span> The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence.</span>
The North had many varying views, some wanted it abolished because of moral issues yet still saw them as inferior while others made money of of the south's cotton and opposed liberation. The south thought that by having them enslaved, they were helping them and that it was the will of God
I believe its the indian removal act i just studied this
<span>if you mean the civil war they were used to silence critics with the threat of arbitrary arrest.
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