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Copperheads were a minority of Ohioans against the American Civil War.. Many had migrated from slave owning states and still had family involved in slavery. They did not want black slaves freed because they did not want to have to compete with newly freed blacks for jobs.

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Q: Had economic ties to slavery and did not want to compete with free African - Americans for jobs?
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