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@33mhz ("Yassified and Ancient") wrote:
pre-1860, whenever something seems unusual about the US' government or geography, the explanation is almost always that it was in order to preserve slavery
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@161_BKLYN ("Bloc from the Block Ⓐ") wrote:
Texas gave up that land so they could keep slavery. When Texas wanted to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state, federal law in the United States, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery north of 36°30' parallel north.
