Nikki Haley backpedals Civil War comments in which she made no mention of slavery - eviltoast

After a voter said he found it “astonishing” that Haley hadn’t used the word “slavery” at any point in her answer, she asked, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”

  • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
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    9 months ago

    technically I believe the south was more so mad that the northern states passed laws that allowed slaves to become free people once they escaped north. Then, the south couldn’t reclaim their slaves and they got mad and threatened a war. So it was actually the northern states’ rights that started a lot of the feuding.

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      9 months ago

      The fugitive slave law was in effect at the outbteak of the civil war and wasn’t repealed until 1864.

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        9 months ago

        The Fugitive Slave Act convinced the South they could not win at the ballot box, so they rejected democracy and took up arms to preserve their right to enslave.