If it was the only issue it damn well would have been a break due to the Missouri Compromise and subsequent Southern control of the executive and legislative branches.
That's your opinion, but not one that I see shared by serious historians.
a good story of government evil preventing slaveowners from profiting off the labor of others is to be made?
That's not the story being made, but whatever.
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Date: 1/1/12 03:14 (UTC)That's your opinion, but not one that I see shared by serious historians.