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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

iT waS aBoUt StATes rIGhtS ᵗᵒ ᵒʷⁿ ˢˡᵃᵛᵉˢ

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well, for other states to to respect South Carolina's property rights (and the property was people).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

But these same fuckers balked at northern states passing laws for harboring escaped slaves. So much for state sovereignty.

It was always slavery. They literally thought they'd built the pinnacle of civilization.