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Many of the founding fathers, while slaveowners, seemed to view slavery as a necessary evil that would ultimately be abolished some time in the future. By 1860, the Southern position was that slavery was a "positive good" that needed to be expanded. What led to this change in view?

by /u/Modron_Man in /r/AskHistorians

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