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This 8 page paper discusses the Abolition Movement in the United States, with particular emphasis on John Brown. William Lloyd Garrison and the Underground Railroad are also mentioned. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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a fanatical abolitionist, and his role in the struggle for the abolition of slavery. Slavery and the Constitution Many experts agree that when the Founding Fathers established America as an
independent nation with slavery a part of the Constitution, it set the stage for the war that would erupt 80 years later. From the very first, there were those who
despised slavery and worked to end it; they are part of what we know as the abolition movement. It surprises many people to learn that the Constitution doesnt forbid slavery;
in fact, it allows it. The reason is simple: the Southern delegates would not ratify the Constitution unless they could keep their slaves, and so a compromise was reached that
both North and South could live with; the "three-fifths compromise." The issue arose because population was a determining factor in how many votes each state had in the House;
how many electoral votes each state got; and how much each state would pay in taxes (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). Since the Southern states were the only ones
with large numbers of slaves, counting them as part of the population would give the South a great deal of political power (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). It would
also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The South wanted each slave to count; the
North said they couldnt count unless they were free; the compromise was that each slave would count as "three-fifths of a person" (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). Neither side
was entirely happy, but the compromise was workable, which is about as good as compromises ever get. The Constitution was ratified and the South kept its slaves-setting the stage for
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