be as it may, slavery had a short shelf life by the 1860s, just as it ended without bloodshed in brazil in 1881 for economic reasons (immigrant labor was cheaper than chattel slavery). for the south, slavery was so far from the sole cause, it was always self determination of a people that saw themselves continuing the precepts of the american government and ideals away from a federalized north. its why george washington was on the seal.
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