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Originally Posted by Billcat
Slavery was hardly exclusive to the 1861-65 period during which the CSA existed, nor was it exclusive to the states that joined the CSA. In fact, when you look at the period 1776 to 1865, the life of the CSA was less than 5% of the period in which the USA had slavery. Little known fact - in most of the original 13 US states, slavery continued to exist well into the 19th century.
Of course, there were several slave states that did not join the CSA - Missouri, Maryland, and Kentucky.
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thats the point , the 'Northern States' by abolishing slavery , admitted that it was wrong and I fail to see why any further apology is required .