80. Slavary
1. According to the historian James Horton, “Slavery was not a side show in American history—it was the main event.” Write an essay that defends, refutes, or modifies his statement. In your answer, consider the importance of slavery in the politics and culture of the United States (North and South) in the Constitution, early United States, the market revolution, westward expansion, the Antebellum period, and the Civil War.