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Originally Posted by thorn69
@Tak Shin - I've said before that slavery was thought to be a necessity for building the foundations of our nation. This is why it was added to the Constitution.
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To be clear, the northern states kept slavery because with out it, the southern states wouldn't have ratified the Constitution.
The northern states considered slavery necessary for the foundation of the country, not for "building the foundations of our nation." There's a difference.