[sweetliberty]

"Some states did take action, enacting bans one by one, so that by 1863 the practice was illegal in most of the North."

And I firmly believe that the practice would have eventually been banned in all states, north and south in fairly short order had the invasion from the north not occurred.

[jlogajan]

And I firmly believe that the practice would have eventually been banned in all states, north and south in fairly short order

Denial is not a river in Egypt.