Second,he could not be guilty of plotting a slave rebellion, because he had never incited slaves against their owners.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

They said a slave-owner had as much right to his property as the owner of any other kind of property.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And they discuss his influence in the Supreme Court ruling in the case of a slave from Missouri named Dred Scott.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The legislature would have the power to keep the territory open to slavery and,in time,help it become a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

It was the same town where abolitionist John Brown had tried to start a slave rebellion a few years before.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

They accused him of trying to create a slave rebellion in states he could not occupy with troops.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

Finally,he asked the United States Supreme Court to decide if he was a slave or a free man.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

He would ask Congress to accept the pro-slavery Kansas constitution and make the territory a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Brown did. He declared that he had not planned to start a slave rebellion.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

So I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

But there would be no further attempt to make it a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

So,I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave.

VOA: special.2010.03.27