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otterleyyesterday at 9:48 PM1 replyview on HN

They also didn't forbid slavery. It doesn't mean they were right.


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dragonwriteryesterday at 10:09 PM

“Didn’t forbid”, if referring to the framers of the Constitution, is a bit of an understatement, given that they created multiple layers of protection to prevent dismantling slavery at the federal level into the future.