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Originally Posted by Fionn mac Cumh
Lincoln knew he couldnt and wouldnt outlaw slavery. Thats why he and others wanted to make sure new states werent slave states. The slave states were scared of the fact that the new states were going to be anti slave states and that the slaves states would be out numbered and not have an equal say in things. Again, slavery was at the heart of everything. The succession and the war.
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That's secession. No
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The whole hype about "not wanting slavery to be extended" was just that, hype. The truth is few slaves would ever have gone to those regions. The white citizens of those States did not want blacks there. The "anti-slavery movement" was really an "anti-
slave movement".
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