"Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles, " Gov. Greg Abbott said ahead of planned protests this week in Texas, including one in San Antonio.
That goes beyond the legislative outlawing slavery. A big cause belli for the war was insurrectionist abolitionists (John Brown, most notably) threatening the possibility of a national slave revolt. Also, slave trafficking in northern states, as the courts dismantled all the regulation against interstate traffic. New York, for instance, was the largest slave trading city in the US on the eve of the civil war.
The Southern response was to impose material law on the north, through the Fugitive Slave Act and then the armed rebellion.
This was long before any legislation was under consideration. Hell, it was before Lincoln had even taken office.
The question, in 1860, was not whether to outlaw slavery nationally. It was whether anti-slavery laws could be enforced anywhere, even regionally.
@tonytins They have just been biding their time.
It’s easy to see why we couldn’t abolish slavery by legislation. The hate runs deep and the greed is plentiful.
Wasn’t that what the 13th amendment about?
@UnderpantsWeevil
I meant that it was ultimately necessary for the country to engage in a civil war to settle it.
That goes beyond the legislative outlawing slavery. A big cause belli for the war was insurrectionist abolitionists (John Brown, most notably) threatening the possibility of a national slave revolt. Also, slave trafficking in northern states, as the courts dismantled all the regulation against interstate traffic. New York, for instance, was the largest slave trading city in the US on the eve of the civil war.
The Southern response was to impose material law on the north, through the Fugitive Slave Act and then the armed rebellion.
This was long before any legislation was under consideration. Hell, it was before Lincoln had even taken office.
The question, in 1860, was not whether to outlaw slavery nationally. It was whether anti-slavery laws could be enforced anywhere, even regionally.
@UnderpantsWeevil Fair points.