And when they were democrats, they supported slavery (and Jim Crow laws after the civil war). The Republicans residing their now do not.The southerners were previously Democrats, but their descendents are now Republicans, and vice versa for the northerners and their descendents. It was the irony of this situation that I was pointing out in my original post.
So please stop tying to paint this as though the Republican party ever supported slavery.
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