a national law abolishing slavery
I was thinking state laws. It doesn’t seem like a national issue, and it was banned in several states pretty early.
By the time abolition was something that might plausibly have passed the popular vote, the Southern states had formed a unified bloc on the issue.
The question isn’t why the north didn’t outvote the south. It’s why the south voted against it in the first place.
I was thinking state laws. It doesn’t seem like a national issue, and it was banned in several states pretty early.
The question isn’t why the north didn’t outvote the south. It’s why the south voted against it in the first place.