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Because ending slavery was only really on the table once the civil war was won. The war didn’t start over whether or not the US would end slavery, only over whe
by wbsss4412 5y ago
Because ending slavery was only really on the table once the civil war was won. The war didn’t start over whether or not the US would end slavery, only over whether or not we’d end its expansion into new territories.
- sophacles 5y agoThat seems like a distinction without a difference. The fear of not expanding it was firmly rooted in the fact that once there were more free states than slave states, the abolitionists would do something as unthinkable (to the disgusting insurrectionist southerners anyway): acknowledge that melanin does not make someone subhuman property. The sad part is not much has changed. Those states are still full of people who fear melanin.
- wbsss4412 5y agoHow do you get to the point of debating compensation for slaveholders without first seriously debating the abolishment of slavery? It’s a necessary first step. There is a difference, obviously the slave states saw the direction things were going, but to the question at hand it’s a material distinction.