This is a long standing debate. The issue IMHO wasn't as much about the morality of slavery as it was about the power and money slavery gave to the south. They were an economic powerhouse. And this gave them disproportionate control over the federal government. That made them a threat to free northern states.
So the north threatened to end slavery. The south threatened to succeed. And now we live with the consequences.
Micah C. Miracle
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