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Section 3
Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857
Buchnan
He hope the Supreme Court would use its authority to settle the slavery
Supreme Court
Dealt slave Dred Scott
He wasn’t a citizen of Missouri
They had to decide whether Scott was a citizen
Dred Scott not bring suit in court
meant congress could do nothing
Proslavery of John c. Calhoun and Jefferson Davis
Southern rejoiced
Northern
Outraged
The Lecomton constitution
Kansas boiled up
Convention met in Lecompton
To Kansas might come into the us
Slavery
Constitution would be adopted with slavery or without slavery
Free soilers refused to go to vote
Douglas breaks with Buchanan
Buchanan
Pledged to secure to Kansas the free and independent expression
Asked that Kansas be admitted as a slavery trade
He had staked his political future on the doctrine of popular sovereignty
Even withdrew all official patronage from Douglas
Douglas
wanted a new constitution framed in Kansas and submitted to an honest vote of the people there
Illinois senator fought back
The election of 1856
Democratic
Careful not to nominate who could be held responsible about Kansas
James Buchanan
Southern nominated democratic
If Republican succeed in contest, they thought Republican would repeal the slave law
Republican
John C. Frémont
Pathfinder of the west
Conqueror of California
Northern nominated Republican
Dividing the anti democratic vote
Lincoln against Douglas
Lincoln
Joined New party
He was certain that slavery was a moral wrong
Nominated as the Republican candidate
Douglas
Believed that the free and slave states could continue to live together in peace
The Lincoln-Douglas debates 1858
Lincoln
He captured audience and carried it with him to share his beliefs
Kept free from slavery
“Then a thing may be lawfully driven away from a place where it has lawful right to be”
Douglas
Popular sovereignty
Won in Illinois legislature
Doctrine had made him many enemies
Southerner would oppose his nomination for President on the Democratic ticket
John Brown raid 1859
Pursued his Wild plan
Tried in a state court for treason to Virginia
His finest hour
Became a spirit leading thousands to risk their lives against slavery