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NO. It was a constitutional issue.
Which explains why the abolition movement was born in, and vigorously supported by, the nation’s churches (i.e., Christians) at the time.
“NO. It was a constitutional issue.”
Why can’t it be both a social AND constitutional issue? Why do you think the two are mutually exclusive?
Certainly many abolitionist preachers saw it as a social issue and preached it from the pulpit. In the end, however, the constitution had to be changed, so the issue was a constitutional one in that regard. Seems like some of both to me.