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@nhannahjones …that the entrenchment of slavery and the growth of the power of slaveholders within the federal union was not necessarily path dependent from ratification, which is what I take to be the issue at hand when we ask whether the Constitution was pro-slavery or not. — PolitiTweet.org

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@nhannahjones Some enslavers thought they got the better end of the compromise, others were skeptical that federal power wouldn’t touch slavery, and at ratification — and the first few years of the republic — it was not clear where the sectional balance would fall. Which gets to my point… — PolitiTweet.org

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@nhannahjones I think path dependency takes hold once a) cotton production becomes more efficient b) cotton demand explodes and c) slaveholding elites realize the powerful bonus they have in national elections and legislative apportionment — PolitiTweet.org

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