The main issues discussed in chapter three, The Silence, are the slave trade and slavery. The chapter reviews the years in the late 1700s when people of different political backgrounds began choosing different sides on the debate of how ethical the mentality was that blacks could be bought, sold, and used as property. The issue encapsulated the whole nation because everyone chose a side on this controversial issue and wanted to see their side triumph. During the late 1700s, the issue was not resolved because those supporting slavery argued that the constitution forbade Congress from passing laws that prohibited slavery in any way until 1808. Furthermore, the two opposing sides continued to rebel. Many lessons can be ciphered from this
