Assertion: secession | /r/CapableOf | perpetuate slavery
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text: In it, he voiced support for the Dred Scott decision (to return slaves to owners), condemned the Republican Party for opposing slavery, and stated that the state's secession, which would perpetuate slavery, was the only way to prevent prospective African-American freedmen, whom Hale referred to as "half-civilized Africans" from waging a race war against Alabama residents (noting the 1804 Haiti massacre):