The collapse of slavery

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Why would the institution of slavery eventually collapse as Douglass believed would be the case?

-- Anonymous, February 06, 2000

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The institution of slavery would eventually collapse, mainly because so many people were turned away from slavery. The north had no interest what-so-ever in slavery except to abolish it.

-- Anonymous, May 02, 2000

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