[utternerd]

Free Markets aren't amoral at all, if I produce something of value and we swap value, I fail to see how that is amoral. In fact, preventing that transaction is amoral. Slavery itself was amoral, and codified and enforced by the state.

Many in the South abhorred slavery and segregation, but had no choice but to follow the law.

Killing and maiming people has been a State activity since they've existed. It's one of the things they're very efficient at.

[fzeroracer]

This is some absolutely disgusting historical revisionism with regards to how the south treated slavery.

Make no mistake, Slavery was an intended feature. Not a bug, nor a result of a state gone wild. It was considered part of their economy and part of their free market.

[krastanov]

I think you confused the words "amoral" and "immoral". OP was talking about "amoral" - lack of concern about moral principles. You seem to be talking about "immoral" - actively breaking moral principles.

[NeedMoreTea]

Wow. Laws which were put in place by plantation and slave owners wishing to preserve the profit and status quo they created. They controlled most of the machinery of government as well as their little plantation.

Slavery was only ended at the insistence of laws put in place by the state.