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The Debate Over Slavery

Michael O'Malley, Associate Professor of History and Art History, George Mason University

Introduction

As late as the 1840s, the abolition of slavery was a fringe issue--while north and south battled politicall for power, only a few extremists argued for abolition. But in one of the most remarkable shifts in Amercan political history, abolition became a central, mainstream political issue.

Updated | April 2004

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History 120 is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, with funding from the College of Arts and Sciences and Technology Across the Curriculum, George Mason University.