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[–] maxinstuff@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

iT waS aBoUt StATes rIGhtS ᵗᵒ ᵒʷⁿ ˢˡᵃᵛᵉˢ

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Omega_Man@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months 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.