[vetvetdoug]

In studies about the slavery issue I found that North Carolina and Virginia tried to address the situation and the abolishment of slavery and were thwarted in their efforts by members of the states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey because the abolishment of slavery would be detrimental to the shipping interests of those states.

[Bull Snipe]

How did those states thwart the abolition of slavery in VA and NC?