How Proslavery Advocates Used States’ Rights Arguments to Defend Slavery and Its Intersection with Broader Constitutional Debates Author: Martin Munyao Muinde Email: ephantusmartin@gmail.com Date: August 2025 Abstract The antebellum period in American history...
How Slavery Influenced American Political Development: Party Formation, Electoral Politics, and Governance Author: Martin Munyao Muinde Email: ephantusmartin@gmail.com Date: July 23, 2025 Word Count: Approximately 2,000 words Introduction The institution of slavery...
How the Missouri Compromise Debates Revealed the Fundamental Tensions Between Proslavery and Antislavery Positions: New Arguments That Emerged During This Crisis Author: Martin Munyao Muinde Email: ephantusmartin@gmail.com Date: August 2025 Abstract The Missouri...
How Would the Average White Southerner Have Defended Slavery? Author: Martin Munyao Muinde Email: ephantusmartin@gmail.com Introduction The defense of slavery by white Southerners in the antebellum period represents one of the most morally complex and historically...
How International Pressure and Comparisons with Other Slaveholding Societies Influenced American Debates about Slavery Author: Martin Munyao Muinde Email: ephantusmartin@gmail.com Abstract The American debate over slavery during the 18th and 19th centuries was...
