Yes. The United States Constitution specifically permitted slavery.
NO! The Constitution did not permit slavery. Frederick Douglass after reading the constitution he said,
. The charge of a pro-slavery Constitution was "a slander upon [the] memory" of the Framers, he contended; "interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document." Consider "the constitution according to its plain reading," Douglass continued, "and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery."
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
he killed proslavery settlers
Kansas
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas
they starting to published abolination journals.
It was supported by a proslavery convention.
Lecomption Constitution
Lecompton Constitution
Southern proslavery arguments did not include the belief that slavery was mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Slavery had been a contentious issue between the North and South since the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Henry BeecherJohn BrownStephen Douglas was a fervent abolitionist who attacked proslavery families in Kansas.
Donald Eugene
Yes, he was.
proslavery and antislavery
Kansas
1856~1858
This happened because proslavery Missourians crossed over into Kansas to vote illegally
Missouri