[wasp69]

Come on, folks, fighting the federal government is a good thing, but slavery would have been preserved if the Confederacy had won.

I'm sorry, but who are you trying to kid? Slavery was practiced and protected in the Union until 9 months after Lee Surrendered.

Besides, this is your post, why don't you answer some of the responses instead of relying on shooter2.5?

[GulliverSwift]

Slavery was practiced and protected in the Union until 9 months after Lee Surrendered.

It takes a while to pass a Constitutional amendment. Most laws in Congress take forever to finally get past (John McCain and Able's campaign finance), and a Constitutional amendment was meant to be even more difficult to pass than a law.

But it's a good thing you brought up the thirteenth amendment. If slavery was never the issue, than no amendment would've had the massive support necessary to change the Constitution to forbid slavery.