History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1377 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Who Nullification Served
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The idea
The theory gave wealthy slaveholders, a minority, the argument for resisting national action against their interests.
In practice
Governor James Hamilton denouncing the despotic majority that oppresses us.
Where people slip
A doctrine of minority rights, argued by the wealthiest men in the state on behalf of their property in people.
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