Such sore losers still. It all sounds like 400 years of slavery. what's next, reparations?
Slavery, as an institution, was on its way out for other reasons anyway. It was becoming increasingly unpopular, even in the South. The best solution would have been to declare a certain date after which no one could be born into slavery, and continue the ban on importing them (which had already been long in place), while providing incentives for freeing slaves already in captivity.
