Were the non-slave States complicit in Slavery

[Motown_Johnny]

5. yes and yes (but to a lesser degree)

Since we have no direct influence over the laws of other countries we hold less responsibility than when slavery existed within our own nation.


I think that free trade should be abandoned and import taxes imposed which reflect the way workers in the exporting country are treated and the country's environmental laws.


I'm not saying this won't do some damage to poorer nations but economic influence is all we have so we should use it. It will also help to make domestic manufacturing more competitive.