| 41. | For 32 of the Constitution's first 36 years, a white slaveholding Virginian occupied the presidency.
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| 42. | The southern states believed slaveholding was a constitutional right because of the Fugitive slave clause of the Constitution.
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| 43. | He advised the tribes to take up slaveholding to aid them in European-style farming and plantations.
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| 44. | After 1830, abolitionist and minister William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation, characterizing slaveholding as a personal sin.
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| 45. | Thus, the proposed Tallmadge Amendment could further restrict the weight of the slaveholding South in the Union.
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| 46. | After the war, he rebuilt his wealth as a slaveholding planter in lower Monroe County, Alabama.
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| 47. | New York City was the first national capital under the Constitution; it had no laws restricting slaveholding.
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| 48. | Despite petitions from the slaveholding delegation, Robespierre and the Committee decided to endorse the decree in full.
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| 49. | The Coffin family was greatly influenced by the teachings of John Woolman who believed that slaveholding was not fair.
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| 50. | Prior to its purchase in 1803, the rulers of Spain and France had sanctioned slaveholding in the region.
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