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It re-opened, in the most dangerous form, the struggle between freedom and slavery in the western territories, and was the congressional beginning of the contest which culminated in the War of the Rebellion.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It re-opened, in the most dangerous form, the struggle between freedom and slavery in the western territories, and was…”
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Sherman describes the act of 1854 as a pivotal moment that reignited the conflict over slavery in the western territories.
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