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To: goldworldnet who wrote (1235)3/31/2006 7:20:53 PM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
"Slavery was already a dying institution on the way out

Tell that to the slaves who would have remained in slavery for another generation. I take it you are not black.



To: goldworldnet who wrote (1235)4/1/2006 1:37:30 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
It's a shame it took a civil war to end slavery.

As to it being a dying institution, I think there is very strong evidence to the contrary. First, slave prices were rising throughout the last couple decades of slavery. Second, the pro-slave forces had been winning significant judicial and legislative victories - i.e. the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act.


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