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Although a large slaveholder, Bell opposed efforts to expand slavery to the U.S. territories. He vigorously opposed Pres. James Knox Polk's Mexican War policy and voted against the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska bill (1854), and the attempt to admit Kansas as a slave state. Bell's temperate support of slavery combined with his vigorous defense of the Union brought him the presidential nomination on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860, but he carried only Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. :P
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What was john Dickinson's point of view on slavery?
he had slaves but he treated them nicely until the Quakers said that slavery was bad, and then since john was a quaker he freed all his slaves. so he did not like it.
What was the southern state view towards slavery?
the were pro slavery
What was the north's point of view of slavery?
Most Northern states outlawed slavery
What was David brearley view on slavery?
it was bad
What impact did John Brown have on the US?
John Brown was very strongly anti-slavery in his beliefs. His raid on Harper's Ferry helped to push the North and South further apart because of differences in their view of his actions.
