In this video segment, from the PBS documentary Looking for Lincoln<span>, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and historian David Blight examine President Abraham Lincoln’s mixed motivations for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. They conclude that while Lincoln ultimately recognized the moral righteousness freeing the slaves, his first and primary concern was strategic: it was the best way to rally the North and strike at the heart of the South’s economy. Gates and Blight then join a roundtable discussion of Lincoln scholars debating the legal authority of the Proclamation and its special meaning for African Americans.</span>
Answer: In the Declaration of Independence, it stated that all people have certain rights that can't be taken away or given up. These are called inalienable rights. They include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Second Answer: Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind.
They could solve it. According to them, only 1 representative from each state would be in the congress. With 13 states, 9/13 yes votes would be needed to make something a national law. The articles could abolish slavery federation wide if 9 states out of 13 vote to abolish it.
Debates erupted over representation in Congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch
