What effect did the issue of slavery have on political parties in the 1850s

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Jalen Grant

27 May, 09:19

What effect did the issue of slavery have on political parties in the 1850s

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Slavery was an issue during the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention. The issue was resolved by guaranteeing the right to own slave by constitutional fiat. The right is protected at Article I, sections 2 and 9, Article IV, section 2 and by Amendments IV, V, IX and X. The only way slavery could be abolished was by state law or by Constitutional Amendment.