It was about the rights of states to allow their citizens to own slaves; it was about the rights of states to define and establish the property rights of their citizens to include certain human beings as just another class of property to own.
It was about the rights of states to allow their citizens to own slaves
WRONG.. What the States did internally was none of the federal givernments business.. i.e. 10th amendment..
The federal givernment business was inter State OR international business....
Slavery was wrong but legal.. the WAR of Northern Aggression forced the issue.. a cabal of States trying to force democracy on other States..
YOU KNOW..... MOB RULE BY MOBSTERS.. democracy..
AND this Republic has been a democracy ever since..
Most americans are not to smart.. this goes right over their heads..
The federal givernment was meant to be a servant of the States NOT their Master..
AND WHY?.. the US Constitution was written down to LIMIT the federal givernment NOT the States..
The War of Northern Aggression REVERSED THAT.. limiting THE STATES..
AND STILL DOES....
Well, gee wizz golly. Let's not mention that the champion of the negro wanted to colonize them outside the U.S.. Lincoln believed the negro would not assimilate in society, so he and others bounced around a plan to remove them from this continent.
Besides, some of the most infamous slave owners...oh my gosh, might I dare say...were black. Warring native tribes in Africa began the slave trade...shhhhh, better keep this one quiet as well.