Americans had debated whether to abolish or retain slavery for decads since the Declaration of Independence had been signed in 1776. Most if not all of the men signing the declaration were slave-owners, and slavery in British North America dated back.
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Drawing of Kansas Exodusters by Solomon Eytinge, 1833-1905, Harper's weekly, v. XXIII, No. 1181, August 16, 1879. Source Library of Congress.
After the conclusion of the Civil War there was a period of Reconstruction that attempted to graft the South back into the Union. The transition was disast