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Re:For Decades, Southern States Saw Thanksgiving as an Act o... by snovv_crash on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:53PM (#18524573)
It was about states' rights, specifically states' to continue practicing slavery.
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Re:For Decades, Southern States Saw Thanksgiving as an Act o... by greglindahl on Saturday November 24, 2018 @08:25PM (#18524878)
Federal law protected these rights, and the rights to retrieve fugitive slaves. The southern states objected to northern states ignoring Dred Scott, which was a federal court ruling.
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Re:For Decades, Southern States Saw Thanksgiving as an Act o... by snovv_crash on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:44AM (#18527295)
Legally, yes. Just because it is legal doesn't mean it is right though.

Moreover, the US was way behind Euope on this issue and I suspect they wouldn't have lasted long until sanctions were imposed on slave-produced goods, especially tobacco and cotton.

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