... states and their representation argued for powerful state rights to protect the interest of farmers. The Southern representation at the turn of the century were the Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson. The Anti-Federalists spoke primarily for agricultural interests and values. They distrusted bankers, cared little for commerce and manufacturing, and believed that freedom and democracy flourished best in a rural ... depended on international trade suffered. Calhoun argued that a protective tariff was unconstitutional, and that states, not the Supreme Court, were the rightful judges...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... ball rolling toward abolition. Opposition to slavery developed more rapidly in the North, but some Southerners, including such leaders as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, spoke out against slavery. However, the high profits that resulted from slavery had far greater influence than did any moral arguments. Even the ... Antislavery began in the colonial days in the United States. The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. It led antislavery protests during the early 1800's. Its goal was to send the free slaves to Liberia, Africa. The abolition movement slowly went through...

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• Grade Level: High School

... be extremely effective. Abolitionists focused attention on slavery and made it difficult to ignore. They heightened the rift that had threatened to destroy the unity of the nation even as early as the Constitutional Convention. Although some Quakers were slaveholders, members of that religious group were among the earliest to protest the African slave trade, the perpetual bondage of its captives ... he hesitated to admit African Americans into his Anti-Slavery Society. Thus, both the moderates and Garrisionites neither embraced nor argued for total racial equality. They simply did not in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate