To: dblshot
True but it would be easier to pass antislavery law as more non slave states joined the union.
The ruling political and economic segment of the south objected to the very idea that "non-slave states" would join the union. Each new non-slave state (or territory) would mean that owners of slaves could not take up residence in that state unless they divested themselves of their slaves.
54 posted on
10/07/2010 8:47:01 AM PDT by
Genoa
(Put the kettle on!)
To: Genoa
146 posted on
10/07/2010 10:37:19 AM PDT by
dblshot
(Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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