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Slavery, secession and the constitution

By Front Page Edition on March 21st, 2012 | Last updated: October 15, 2012 at 11:33 am

By Dina Lewis – WUFT-FM Slavery was at the center of the secession in 1860 because southern politicians and lawyers focused on constitutional ideas. That was the message of today’s lecture on “Slavery, Secession and the Constitution” at the ninth annual lecture [...]