• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The war of southern aggression. Only started because the south wouldn’t let us free the enslaved people who entered northern states.

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      1 month ago

      Wasn’t that like a decade before? When the “states’ rights” states had the federal government enforce their laws in the free states, via a supreme court ruling?

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        1 month ago

        Yeah but it was a grievance that increased escalation on our part. Basically a “if you don’t respect our right to be free we won’t respect your right not to”