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[+] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)
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    In part, it was about states' rights. Except, the South was opposed. It forced northern States to enforce its laws with the Fugitive Slave Act. The northern states' insistence on their right to abolish slavery within their own borders was one of the big factors in the South seceding.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    States rights to…(fill in the blank here) 😉

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