It didn't expand west. The Kansas Nebraska Act made sure that it didn't go further. California came into the union in 1850 a free state. There never was slavery in the western states.
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Plantation slavery expanded a lot in the British colonies of North America in the 18th century. Some people also called for the abolition of slavery.
As the US expanded, the states brought into the country had to choose whether or not they would allow slavery, forcing them to take sides in the Civil War.
The basis of the economy in the Southern American colonies was tobacco and cotton exports. As the colonies expanded westward, and later when much of the South was part of the USA, cotton exports expanded. There was demand for cotton in England as well as in the New England textile mills.
Depends on what slavery.Jewish slavery in Egypt.Jewish slavery in Germany.Indian slavery in the US.Indian slavery in Spanish countries.African slavery in the US.African slavery in Africa (enslaved by Portuguese and English).African slavery of Africans.Russian slavery of the poor.Chinese slavery of debters.You should clarify there were many movements in different locations. I guess we were all slaves at one point or another.
Pro-Slavery means that you support the idea of enslaving people.