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To: ProgressingAmerica
The Founders were on the correct side of history at the time of independence, even on the issue of slavery.

This is a bizarre argument. Slavery had been abolished in England in 1772, prior to the Declaration of Independence. At the time of the Declaration of Independence, slavery was legal in all states, including Massachusetts.

80 posted on 02/19/2021 9:17:42 AM PST by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two

England did not abolish slavery in 1772, they didn’t even complete the job in 1833 either. They later had to come up with yet another bill to address slavery in (India I think it was).

Yes. 1843. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Slavery_Act,_1843


102 posted on 02/19/2021 10:01:29 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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