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?”

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    The fugitive slave law was in effect at the outbteak of the civil war and wasn’t repealed until 1864.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