After a voter said he found it “astonishing” that Haley hadn’t used the word “slavery” at any point in her answer, she asked, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”

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    10 months ago

    They actually had the state right to let rich white men own black people before they separated. States choosing to ban slavery scared the rich southern slave owners.

    The Confederacy made it a federal right. The poor southerners were literally convinced to fight and die to not be allowed to make their own state laws on the matter.