• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      1 month ago

      Well, for other states to to respect South Carolina’s property rights (and the property was people).

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        But these same fuckers balked at northern states passing laws for harboring escaped slaves. So much for state sovereignty.

        It was always slavery. They literally thought they’d built the pinnacle of civilization.