One problem is by trading by sea, ships are bring invaise sea creatures to other countries and can harm the wild life for other marine ecosystems and for tons of people.
Before the Civil War, the Free-Soil movement and the Republican Party embraced this idea for the American West: a territory reserved for small white farmers, unchallenged by the wealthy plantation owners who could buy up vast tracts of land and employ slave labor.
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