Re: [DL] Freeing the Slaves

["Mr. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed." <sosentinel@adelphia.net>]

At 07:39 PM 8/1/2002, Allan wrote:
>It leaves out the fact that, as each new non-Slavery state was admitted, 
>it weakened the very powerful voting block that the South had.  This 
>voting block had already prevented the previous attempts to end slavery in 
>a legal manner.

         Good analogy here, my friend, but it's more accurate to say the 
South defeated some measures* to *restrict* slavery; ending slavery was not 
seriously considered in Congress until The War.

*-Others, like banning the importation of slaves, the South assented to; 
even supported, in some cases.

Deo Vindice,
Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed.

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