| dc.description.abstract | Slavery is believed to have left an imprint on the American democracy.
Although no regulations treating of that issue could be found in the Federal
Constitution, it still existed. The problem of slavery could be easily approached
while annexing free states and territories. The crisis in Missouri made it even
more intensified. The Northern states, where slavery did not exist, proposed
their Southern neighbors to start the gradual emancipation of slaves. Despite the
fact that Ohio wanted to introduce such a change in 1824, the states where slavery
was present, like South Carolina or Georgia, claimed slavery to play crucial
role in their functioning. The society of the North was conservative and decided
to be strict towards slaves to avoid further rebellions. Nonetheless, the discussions
on the prohibition of slavery in Columbia district, which was a federation,
were brought up for till 1837 and came to an end together with the introduction
of so-called gag rules. American Colonization Society, which tried to evacuate
slaves form the USA, can be claimed to play crucial role in the process of abolitionism
in the country. The Liberator – a magazine raising strong objections
concerning slavery, contributed to the radicalization of the Southern attitude
towards slaves. It brought about next revolts of the enslaved part of the population.
Revolts which together with time were becoming more violent. The
Northern states did not help Southerners to solve the problem of slavery for
whom slaves were of the fundamental economic importance. As a consequence,
the North and the South started standing in the opposition to each other, with
slavery being one of the numerous reasons for it. | pl_PL |
