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What if George Washington knew the civil war would happen during those years?
| Outnumbered becky | 08/16/26 |
| Crawly prole | 08/16/26 |
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Date: August 16th, 2026 8:08 PM Author: Outnumbered becky would he do anything differently? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893844&forum_id=2#50072105) |
Date: August 16th, 2026 8:30 PM Author: Crawly prole Maybe could have put in harder limits / more explicit long term phase outs in the constitution ... but imagine how hard it would have been to get the constitution signed with those provisions if, e.g., Louisiana purchase + cotton gin already existed. The founders' expectation that slavery would naturally fade out changed dramatically with those two events. Imho they made a good effort at achieving a sustainable status quo given the info at the time, but war was inevitable once slavery became profitable and westward expansion took hold. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893844&forum_id=2#50072144) |