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Re:A bad grade that changed the U.S. constitution (2017) by deelowe on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @09:49PM (#28068819)
The states really screwed this up when certain ones decided their love for cotton and hatred for brown people was more important than their sovereignty.
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Re:A bad grade that changed the U.S. constitution (2017) by pyuser583 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:58PM (#28069289)
The federal government had no problem with slavery. It was clearly enshrined in the Constitution.
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Re:A bad grade that changed the U.S. constitution (2017) by int_19h on Thursday August 05, 2021 @12:02AM (#28069740)
Slave states complained that the feds weren't doing enough to force the free states to abide by the fugitive slave laws, to give one example.
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