I believe the document is the Emancipation Proclamation, and it was issued by president Abraham Lincoln.
From life after death to the benefits of worldly living.
Answer:
natural law
Explanation:
John Locke, whose ideas were reflected in the ideas of the founding fathers of the United States, wrote back in 1690 that the natural right of a person is the right for protection of life, freedom and property from threats and encroachment from the outside.
In the election of 1848 the major parties were forced to take stand on slavery because the Free Soil Party, and the fact that slavey was the most highly contested issue in the US.