Slavery and the American revolution : did the American Revolution significantly change the condition and status of Black Americans? -- Slavery and the U.S. Constitution : was the U.S. Constitution a proslavery document? -- The transatlantic slave trade : should Congress impose a tax on slaves imported into the United States? -- Colonization : was the colonization of Black Americans outside the United States a good idea? -- Slavery and westward expansion : should slavery be restricted in Missouri? -- Slave resistance : should Virginia abolish slavery after the Nat Turner revolt? -- Slavery and religion : was the Bible proslavery? -- Fugitive slaves : should Congress pass the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850? -- The Kansas-Nebraska Bill : should the Missouri Compromise line of 1820 be repealed? -- Slavery and the courts : was the Dred Scott decision of 1857 legally sound? -- Slavery and the Civil War : should northern military forces accept fugitive slaves who fled to Union lines?