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[–] maxinstuff@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

iT waS aBoUt StATes rIGhtS ᵗᵒ ᵒʷⁿ ˢˡᵃᵛᵉˢ

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 3 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.