The road to the civil war By emaxwell Dec 19, 1831 william llyod grasion anti-slavery william wrote the anti-slavery newsaper and it get poeple talking about Dec 19, 1840 anti-slavery political argument The argument was whether not to abolish slavey aor keep it. Dec 19, 1850 fuguvative slave act compromise Was passed to keep the slaves in check and the act was passed to protect the whites.