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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by lr4444lr on Saturday November 26, 2022 @04:37PM (#33757032)
All true, but no one AFAIK was threatening abolitionists who used legal due process to actually pass the 13th amendment on free speech grounds. That activity is not the same as openly telling people to aid and abet breaking the current law, or conscientious objection.
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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by ZeroGravitas on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:16PM (#33757370)
> In the South abolitionism was illegal, and abolitionist publications, like The Liberator, could not be sent to Southern post offices. Amos Dresser, a white alumnus of Lane Theological Seminary, was publicly whipped in Nashville, Tennessee for possessing abolitionist publications.[57][58]
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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by Zak on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:38PM (#33757565)
The southern states attempted to secede from the country, and fought a civil war that killed almost a million people to prevent the 13th amendment from passing.
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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by pessimizer on Saturday November 26, 2022 @06:33PM (#33758112)
You should read more about it.
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