Re: [FairfieldLife] Secession

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

LOL! Massachusetts refused to ratify the Constitution *unless* slavery was 
included for Southern states. Georgia originally opposed slavery in the 
Constitution. Seems there were a lot of slave ships based out of Boston. 
       From: "Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
 To: FairfieldLife <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:23 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Secession
   
    Now this is something I did not know until today:
The best known example of secession in American politics was that of the 
Confederate States of America from the Union in 1860 and 1861. However, the 
concept was not new and had been proposed several times in the past for a 
variety of reasons.During the War of 1812, New England felt that the war's 
objectives served only the interests of the South and West and was being 
conducted at their expense. The Hartford Convention of 1814 brought together 
dissatisfied representatives from the region, who met in secret to discuss 
their strategy. One of the options considered as secession of New England from 
the United States. When the war came to a quick end, the motivation for 
secession evaporated.In the 1840s, abolitionists seriously considered the 
possibility that the North should secede, in order to free itself from the 
immoral Constitution of the United States, which gave permanent legal support 
to slavery in America. In 1843, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society endorsed 
disunion by a vote of 59 to 21. 
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