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Oberon · 01-08-16, 07:07 PM

4th July 1776 I'd wager.

EDIT: In all seriousness, I'd say that the issue flared up during the westward expansion, west of the Mississippi to be precise, and the arguements over whether these new states would be 'free states' or 'slave states', the arguement over who got what and then who decided who got what, which then merged into the ethicality of slavery when Lincoln was elected in 1860 and became a war about who decided what states could and couldn't do.

That's a pretty basic run down of it.

01-08-16, 07:07 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	4th July 1776 I'd wager. EDIT: In all seriousness, I'd say that the issue flared up during the westward expansion, west of the Mississippi to be precise, and the arguements over whether these new states would be 'free states' or 'slave states', the arguement over who got what and then who decided who got what, which then merged into the ethicality of slavery when Lincoln was elected in 1860 and became a war about who decided what states could and couldn't do. That's a pretty basic run down of it. Last edited by Oberon; 01-08-16 at 07:14 PM.