5/3 Video Discussion: The U.S. Constitution and Secession

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I had read Drew's book Apostles of Disunion which he cites, so I was familiar with the speeches of the secession commissioners and I had read the Virginia debates on secession, but I did not realize that 90% of the stillborn constitutional amendments were about slavery.
 
I had also read the secession declarations which the Deep South states issued, which were basically all about slavery.
 
Repetition of tariffs over the years made them seem much...much more significant than reality.
 
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