As one southern-born antislavery activist later wrote, it was a "sad satire to call {the} States 'United,'" because in one-half of the country slavery was basic to its way of life while in the other it was fading or already gone. The founding fathers tried to stitch these two nations together with no idea how long the stitching would hold."
( Andrew Delbanco )
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