[ml/nj]

The slaves didn't think it was so hot.

This may true, but we had no slaves here in the North at least in Lincoln's time. (Gee. I wonder how it got outlawed here without a shot.)

ML/NJ

[Phil Connors]

This may true, but we had no slaves here in the North at least in Lincoln's time. (Gee. I wonder how it got outlawed here without a shot.)>>

Not strictly true. There were slaves in Maryland, Delaware, DC, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York (the latter three states had less than 100 each--'grandfathered' if you will).

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

If you read the history of slavery. Most northern states allowed slavery at the time of the birth of our nation, but had few slaves. Most states, like NY abolished slavery for all persons born after the date of the law (NY- 1800). This was done to avoid paying slave owners for taking of their property. To do that in SC with half the population slaves would not have been possible without the North helping to pay for it.

Read De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"

[supercat]

This may true, but we had no slaves here in the North at least in Lincoln's time.

Was not West Virginia a slave state prior to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?