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Not true. States could outlaw slavery. Regardless, neither state laws nor federal constitutional amendment happened.
> But the South read the writing on the wall, it was going to be outlawed sooner or later
Not only slavery, but agriculture-hostile tariffs, state sovereignty, Southern political representation in general.
Given the events following the Civil War, it does seem they were on target.
> My white Vicksburg classmates called me a yankee...As long as I had that standard midwestern accent
Okay...I'm not sure what I'm supposed to take from this. I'm talking about biases in education according to Civil War geography.
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Not true. States could outlaw slavery. Regardless, neither state laws nor federal constitutional amendment happened.
> But the South read the writing on the wall, it was going to be outlawed sooner or later
Not only slavery, but agriculture-hostile tariffs, state sovereignty, Southern political representation in general.
Given the events following the Civil War, it does seem they were on target.
> My white Vicksburg classmates called me a yankee...As long as I had that standard midwestern accent
Okay...I'm not sure what I'm supposed to take from this. I'm talking about biases in education according to Civil War geography.