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Fire eaters

Radical leaders in the South during the years leading up to the Civil War, the fire eaters were persons who took an extreme pro slavery position. They repeatedly expressed their desire to see slavery spread throughout the United States, and they used states' rights arguments to support their uncompromising position.

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