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But surely you agree that as soon as anyone realized that slavery is wrong, their duty is to shut it down immediately? Capitalism did not do that.

• dsr_ 7y ago
  2 hours later, there are at least three people on HN who don't agree, but aren't brave enough to make a comment so we can see who they are.
  • eej71 7y ago
    Your prior comment makes it sound like it was a light switch that people were reluctant to throw. I see the bloody and protracted nature of the Civil War as evidence for just how difficult it was to end - even in the 1860s! I'm grateful the North didn't give up. It's a miracle they kept at it.