Georgia was the first colony to ban slavery, but it was eventually forced to allow it because of the relentless soapbox campaign of Glen Beck's favorite religious grifter, George Whitefield, lobbying on behalf of New England puritans.
I think we can all agree that Whitefield got that one wrong. A generation later though, several colonial legislatures were working to try to pass abolitionist laws and parliament/the king/colonial governors loyal to overseas were vetoing them.
And that’s the problem. Another user here floated the idea that Britain ought to be the one to pay reparations to African Americans, and there is some merit to that notion.
It’s specifically because of these motions. Had Britain not interfered, America would’ve started abolishing slavery PRIOR to Independence.
That’s a fact.