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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] The anti-slavery movement in the United States actually preceeded its founding. As has been mentioned before, anti-slavery clauses were in both the Declaration and the Constitution, but were removed because of the Southern states' objections. So it's not as if the issue just "suddenly" cropped up as a convenient excuse for the Civil War. It had existed for over a century, with the squabbles in 1820 and 1850 being only the high points. Unfortunately, the South liked the status quo very much and was reluctant to seek other means of supporting their economy, (the fact that the thought of freeing the blacks scared them very much notwithstanding) and to avoid conflict, the North just kept on appeasing them, until the pot finally boiled over. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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