The island of hope.
Some were escaping bad treatment because of their religion. Others were looking for better jobs. For some, food was scarce and their homeland.
His influence spread to other parts of the world.
To gain the southerners' support, Douglas proposed creating two territories in the area–Kansas and Nebraska and repealing the Missouri Compromise line. The question of whether the territories would be slave or free would be left to the settlers under Douglas's principle of popular sovereignty
He seize the happers ferry
Ghana used its large army for gaining the obedience of Ghana's neighbors