SewBlue on Nostr: npub1k0nx6…tdj0k The "state's rights" mantra was always a lie. When California ...
npub1k0nx6l7ey9nvx0fnumdgedmakz67xmh26lvr765s3d4gnkqtdnksatdj0k (npub1k0n…dj0k) The "state's rights" mantra was always a lie.
When California entered the union in 1850, it was technically a southern state. But Californians didn't want slavery, because they were afraid of slave worked gold mines concentrating wealth and power, crowding out the individual prospectors.
So southern states argued that Californians didn't have the right to reject slavery. No state rights!
10 years later the excuse was states rights.
It was always about slavery, and never about freedom. What ever argument furthered slavery was a good argument.
When California entered the union in 1850, it was technically a southern state. But Californians didn't want slavery, because they were afraid of slave worked gold mines concentrating wealth and power, crowding out the individual prospectors.
So southern states argued that Californians didn't have the right to reject slavery. No state rights!
10 years later the excuse was states rights.
It was always about slavery, and never about freedom. What ever argument furthered slavery was a good argument.