How U.S. Westward Expansion Breathed New Life into Slavery

The 19th-century American West has long been described as a land of opportunity. But for many, it was little more than another place of bondage.
America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

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