And even after that, they were on the streets of new york. Southerners are visiting visiting were allowed to bring slaves along with them for up to nine months until 1841 so that is 20 years before the civil war they were still visible on the streets of new york. But the key thing is new york was economically tied to the south. New york controlled the cotton trade. New york bankers financed the expansion in the south. New york shipbuilders built the ships and new york companies. The review, the most important southern monthly periodical before the civil war, which was actually published in new york city, said new york city is as it depends on slavery as much as charles said. So the economy of the city was very closely tied to that of the south. And that also had ramifications. Business interests wanted to appease the south. Politicians were pro southern and their attitudes on the sectional conflict. The Abolitionist Movement of new york was quite small and weak compared to other places
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Making changes sub rosa. If the court is going to make a change that actually changes the meaning of what was initially announced it should have an obligation to make that clear with some kind of supplement. [inaudible question] thank you, professor, for your presentation and your work. I was struck most of all for the freedom of speech in a deposition of the court in Citizens United. And i believe that the criticism about the individual judges raised a more profound question, and that is the as american democracy turning into a plutocracy, is the court a reflection of that kind of change . Well, some think it is a partial cause of that kind of change. Others think it is a reflection. I think it is more complicated ultimately than that. The reason that the court rules as it does in Citizens United is not a belief in that Corporate Power and wealth should dominate our society but a belief that government cannot be trusted to decide whose voices should carry weight. It is an antigovernme