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The slaves would be sent with the person who bought them and would be taken to their master's plantation to be put to work.
No one, not even he could have averted the war without a historical wrong that could no longer be justified in a democracy - the continuation of legal human bondage in the United States. But to answer the question. Yes, I think it was very possible that no guns had to fire, and it would have been to me a revolting development.
It depends on the situation.
