The territorial legislature composed mostly of slave-owners me at a capital known as Lecompton. Free states were the side of things that were very against this particular idea. This new proposed constitution made slavery in the proposed states set in stone and protected the rights of the 43% of white families that were slaveholders. This constitution provided for a loop-hole that allowed the many voters the right of allowing more slaves to enter their particular territory,
This was a huge aspect in leading up to the causes of the Civil War. This proposed a huge part of how slavery would end up during the particular leading up to the Civil War. Many of the slaveholders were upset about the fact that they could not possess anymore slaves and could in fact allow more onto their territory. The slave holders were actually happy about this actually after all.
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