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When you're used to privilege, not getting your way feels like oppression (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] hypna@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I've usually read that the block on slavery in new states or territories was the tipping point. I'm sure the slave states were mad about the lax fugitive slave law enforcement, but with the westward expansion of the nation adding new anti-slavery senators and representatives, the slave states were going to lose their control of Congress and expected slavery to be abolished nationally not long after.

[โ€“] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Both are accurate, and really each of the states had their own reasons and concerns. You can read first-hand justifications for secession in the South Carolina Declaration of Secession which outlines how the federal government failed to uphold their end of the Constitution specifically by failing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.