Politics and government 17 Slavery History 15 Political aspects 13 Antislavery movements 6 African Americans 3 Constitutional history 3 more ... Justification 3 Legal status, laws, etc 3 Race relations 3 Sectionalism (United States) 3 Economic aspects 2 Government policy 2 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2 States' rights (American politics) 2 Taxation 2 Territorial expansion 2 African American soldiers 1 Citizenship 1 Extension to the territories 1 Family farms 1 Influence 1 Justification (Christian theology) 1 Land settlement 1 Law and legislation 1 Liberalism 1 Louisiana Purchase 1 Participation, African 1 Plantation owners 1 Political activity 1 less ...