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I don't think so. When Lincoln was elected he had no intention of ending slavery. But what the South wanted was the ability to go into the North and hunt down slaves, penalize and worse anyone assisting slaves, and their normal fair was to take any black men they see even if they were free/ {art pf that was in the Constitution ( another Compromise).

I thought you didn't want to play...? Oh, well. Guess now that you feel you have numbers on your side it's safe for you. But you missed the point.

If slaves are 5 fifths, the south has disproportionate power in Congress and likely wins more Presidencies over time. That also means much more slavery friendly legislation in Congress and more slavery friendly Supreme Court justices.

It was a benevolent burden. That wasn't going to change easily at all.

But it would have. All cultures evolve. Well, mostly.

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