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Originally Posted by icenine
the Republican policy of being against the extension of slavery into new states created from territory stolen from Mexico WAS the reason the South seceded....
when Lincoln was elected they left the union for that reason...he was against the extension
as the war dragged on and the price in human bloodshed rose the aims of the North changed as far as the issue of slavery itself as an institution.
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Fixed it for you Robbin 
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Last edited by merrylander; 12-31-2013 at 11:53 AM.
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