Early federal conflicts 1790-1808

Question 1

New York and Pennsylvania Quakers

Answer 1

Presented abolitionist views to congress

Question 2

Thomas Scott quote
From Pennsylvania

Answer 2

“I look upon the slave trade to be one of the most abominable things on earth”

Question 3

Demonstrated how it was

Answer 3

Difficult to defend slavery without rejecting black people

Question 4

Congress voted to consider the views

Answer 4

Strongest votes against considering the propositions were areas where slavery was the highest (Georgia/South Carolina)
Northern territories voted the opposite
Sectional divisions between north and south

Question 5

1793

Answer 5

Passed fugitive slave law (slaveholders were able to arrest fugitive slaves and bring them before a federal judge)

Question 6

1794

Answer 6

Banned Americans from partaking in the international slave trade
George Washington signed this

Question 7

Petition signed by free black members of Philadelphia because fugitive slave law was leading to apprehension of freemen

Answer 7

Congress voted 85-1 not to accept the petition

Question 8

Southern states made clear that congress

Answer 8

Could not interfere with slavery
Congress was concerned with keeping the country together, so stopped the slavery discussion

Question 9

The Constitution traded

Answer 9

Free black lives for national unity
Appeased the southern states

Question 10

Banning slave importation 1808

Answer 10

20 year free period after constitutional convention ended

Question 11

Slave importation officially banned

Answer 11

On 1st January

Question 12

Many southerners wanted slave importation banned

Answer 12

Due to increased black population

Question 13

Passage of slave importation bill

Answer 13

Enabled many white Americans to forget/ignore the slave problem (until the westward expansion debate)