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title: "What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?"  
description: "What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40820/what-was-a-fear-of-southern-senators-if-there-were-more-free-states-than-slave-states  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more [free](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85717/the-best-free-reading-apps-for-book-lovers) [states](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51244/how-do-jackson-and-calhoun-differ-when-it-comes-to-states-rights-vs-federal-rights) than slave states?\
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