http://www.ushistory.org/us/27f.asp
You realize there are different religions that have different views on subjects, right?
No. No it wasn't. The civil war wasn't "fought over" slavery, it was fought because the north wanted to keep the union together. You could argue state's rights and slavery were pretty much interchangeable on the south's part for why they wanted to secede, but the north's goal was to keep the union together.
Brainwashed people like yourself think the north started the war to "free" the slaves in the south. You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.
I know the South started the war and slavery was the reason for it. No matter how you get to it the reason is always slavery.
Why are you and others so adamant about refusing to acknowledge this? Is it such a horrible thing that people decided slavery was wrong and did something about it?
Again though, we have a record in this period of free state after free state being admitted to the Union. These are states that have made an explicit and intentional choice against slavery. Slave state doesn't mean that everyone has to own a slave, it just means slavery is allowed. If it were actually the case that Northerners were for the most part indifferent, surely they would have acceded to this option, no? We're not talking about fat cat Senators hundreds of miles away, these were choices made by popular vote.
Hasta pronto, porque la vida no termina aqui...
America, stop pushing. I know what I'm doing.
The south wanted any new states to either be slave states or have that right, so as not to be outnumbered and have slavery made illegal etc etc
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Hasta pronto, porque la vida no termina aqui...
America, stop pushing. I know what I'm doing.
If by popular vote you mean Congress... North of the Ohio River slavery was prohibited by Federal law for new territories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Ordinance