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Slaves: "Hey, can we have our freedom?"
Southern states: "No."
Slaves: "But, we are counted on census forms to ensure that southern states have more representation in Congress. Therefore, we are legally seen as people when it comes to the balance of power in Washington DC."
Southern states: "We want to use you to ensure we get more influence in Congress compared to the North, but that doesn't mean we want to give you any legal freedoms."
Slaves: "So, you are using slaves to manipulate your numbers to try to gain more political power in our nations's capital. That sounds like a catalyst for a conflict, possibly an armed conflict, between the states with and without slavery."
(Meanwhile 1.5 million Irish and German immigrants move to the US the decade before South Carolina leaves the Union. The majority move to the northern states. This increases their population compared to the southern states. The southern states see that they will have less influence in the House of Representatives due to their population not keeping up with the north).
Southern states: "We're out of here. That way, we can make all the rules. One big rule we will keep is slavery."
Southern states: "No."
Slaves: "But, we are counted on census forms to ensure that southern states have more representation in Congress. Therefore, we are legally seen as people when it comes to the balance of power in Washington DC."
Southern states: "We want to use you to ensure we get more influence in Congress compared to the North, but that doesn't mean we want to give you any legal freedoms."
Slaves: "So, you are using slaves to manipulate your numbers to try to gain more political power in our nations's capital. That sounds like a catalyst for a conflict, possibly an armed conflict, between the states with and without slavery."
(Meanwhile 1.5 million Irish and German immigrants move to the US the decade before South Carolina leaves the Union. The majority move to the northern states. This increases their population compared to the southern states. The southern states see that they will have less influence in the House of Representatives due to their population not keeping up with the north).
Southern states: "We're out of here. That way, we can make all the rules. One big rule we will keep is slavery."