I wouldn't call less than 200,000 people out of a population of 20 million growing Walt. That was the according to the membership numbers as presented by DiLorenzo, which he backed up with documentation. Of course just because it's documented won't mean much to you. More like that day's Libertarian (big L) party
I wouldn't call less than 200,000 people out of a population of 20 million growing
Well, if there were previously 199,999 people and that number swelled to 200,000, then, yes opposition was growing against slavery. And this is a good thing, yes?
You applaud it right? I mean, if every other country in the world was abolishing slavery and the USA was dawdling, well that is bad, right?
Those 200,000 are among the true heroes of the era, right?
But the point remains that there was a certain segment of the society that was determined to maintain slavery even at the point of revolution.
They knew that the Congress controlled the territories and that galled them into treason and war to support slavery.
Four of the first seven states to pass secession documents made it plain that their cause was bound up with African slavery, the most important type of property in the world.
Walt