He is referencing the issue of slavery and the threat of it being outlawed in the United States. This fear was very real for southerners after President Abraham Lincoln was elected president in the election of 1860. Southerners feared that he would outlaw slavery across the United States.
This issue greatly affected the southern states, causing several of them to secede (leave) the US in order to form their own country. This would be called the Confederate State of America and this faction helps spark the Civil War.
They were given certain rights, they weren't treated as poorly as other slaves. Systems of Servitude and slavery were used.
True they both had awful working conditions during both 1st and 2nd
The answer would be the first option, I believe
Uriah Smith Stephens and Terence V. Powderly founded the Knights of Labor.
