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The new country's growth is not only intertwined with slave labor, it's entirely dependent on it. >> it is absolutely crucial for understanding what went on in the country, that before the 1860s most of the first presidents were from the south. the slave power controlled the country. >> at lincoln's birth, we are still in the final weeks of the thomas jefferson presidency. so we are really in the founding era of the united states. >> you have this the immense territory that the united states had gained with the louisiana purchase. and so there is this whole question about the expansion of the ...