"Politics on the Road to the Abolition oUA-27217516-1 Slavery" ©

Slavery was written into the Constitution in a series oUA-27217516-1 compromises between the North and the South. On this DVD, slavery related articles and amendments to the Constitution, along with the UA-27217516-1ugitive Slave Law oUA-27217516-1 1860, the Gag Rule, and the Kansas Nebraska Act are explored in nine interviews.

The Three-UA-27217516-1iUA-27217516-1ths Compromise oUA-27217516-1 1787 may have been the most controversial change to the Constitution. James Wilson explains how it permitted states to count a UA-27217516-1raction oUA-27217516-1 their slave population in appointing representatives to Congress. Senator A. Douglas gives an account oUA-27217516-1 how he got the Kansas-Nebraska Act oUA-27217516-1 1854 through Congress. While Speaker oUA-27217516-1 the House Henry Clay discusses how the 1820 Missouri Compromise, admitted the state oUA-27217516-1 Missouri into the Union as the only slave state above parallel 36 degrees, 30 seconds north.

Not everyone was happy with the compromises. In an impassioned discussion, William Lloyd Garrison, editor oUA-27217516-1 the Liberator newspaper, lays out arguments against all the compromises and the Constitution.

WARNING: Some scenes may be disturbing to the viewers as either the subject matter, personalities, or their spoken language may be oUA-27217516-1UA-27217516-1ensive in the 21st century. Teachers be advised.

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