Yes. Parts of the Confederacy did.
They seceded, 11 of 13 to be exact. They said they were no longer part of "The United States" and they continued with their way of life which included the keeping of slaves and slave labor.
They didn't think it was wrong when they were part of it and sure as heck didn't think it wrong when they had seceded.
At least until Lincoln came out with his Emancipation Proclamation. And even then some slave owners- most plantations were destroyed by the Civil War- did not follow it. A few did though
<u>One of the most famous law codes that have been preserved along history</u> is actually <u>the Code of Hammurabi</u>, which he used to rule Babylon. Nowadays it is exhibited at Louvre, in Paris.
The Code of Hammurabi dates back to 1754 BC. He used a large carved stone to list a set of rulings, mainly punishments, which adjusted with different intensity levels the principle <em>"an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" . </em>The code includes the first manifestations of contract law, property law or family law and also regulations concerning transactions or social responsibilities.
Answer: He attempted to negotiate a mutually acceptable peace settlement between the two sides.
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