b-boy bouiebaisse

b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

@ryanlcooper the easiest way to understand how the united states could fall into a catastrophic civil war over slavery is just to read about what the system actually entailed — PolitiTweet.org

b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

@JonWalkerDC @ryanlcooper right. slaves in the united states were capital as well as labor, and that helps explain the nature of slaveholder interests. from their perspective, a party that successfully limited the expansion of slavery was no different than one that wanted outright abolition — PolitiTweet.org