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BTW, the Constitution was defective, ignoring the issues of secession and slavery.
There is no such thing as states rights, there are only personal rights, that’s all. There are powers given to the states and to the federal government.
Slaves were legally property, and slave owners legally had a property right claim. I agree with Jefferson Davis on only that point, that the issue was property rights.
But passionate political pursuits, right or wrong, are irrelevant when the shooting starts.
According to some around here, “Slavery” was enshrined in the Constitution.
The states granted limited and specific powers to the federal govt which they, the states, created. Learn some history, it would help to know some in these troubling times.