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To: BroJoeK
Point is: cotton was unnecessary to support millions of slaves.

Other crops used in slave plantations would also not grow in the territories.

497 posted on 03/27/2019 12:04:50 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp; Bubba Ho-Tep; DoodleDawg
DiogenesLamp: "Other crops used in slave plantations would also not grow in the territories."

Note my posts #474 & 479 above -- by 1860 New Mexico already had at least hundreds if not thousands of slaves.
So, you point here is what -- that the number of slaves didn't matter, what mattered was that those Southern territories must elect pro-slavery senators & representatives to Congress?

And your logic on this is what, exactly?

521 posted on 03/28/2019 6:21:39 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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