POLSCI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Barnburners And Hunkers, Safety Valve, The Foundations

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 319
• Professor: Pamela Brandwein

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So the us could escape the poverty that plagued britain. The south is asking for more and more. They start with being okay with popular sov. In the territories, and end up asking for a federal slave code and reject pop sov. Their problem with slavery is the rejection of pop sov and secession. Free soil no slavery doesn"t mean they aren"t anti-black. This is the difference between barnburners and republicans. The foundation of the democratic party is equal rights. You support the laborer and his right for a fair wage. Support freedom and equality of civil rights. Concerned with the well being of slaves and with laborers. Free labor means a fair share of work product. They are democrats because they had a critique of the economic system. Move into the republican party after the civil war. This is why there was so much disagreement on economic issues. The moral sin of the slave holder.