Bodies of water, specifically rivers.
Because politics on the north had more impact power or influence on these states than south
The anser is d hope this helps
Assuming that you're referring to the Unsigned Southern Press review of 1852, i think the writer was using first person point of view plural.
In the review, the writer keep using the word 'we' such in : "we doubt Mrs. stowe would recognize the cogency of this argument"
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Railroads, intermodal, rail-to-truck transport. There might be more. And btw when I mean rail well I can’t really explain it but here. https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/company-overview/railroad-dictionary/?i=C sorry I’m so bad a explaining things! Hope this helped