[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

That is the point exactly! The British abolished it through the efforts of strong Christians (and others), peaceably via legislation. Many so called Southern US 'Christian' preachers used the OT and NT regulation of slavery as justification of slavery, so it took a MASSIVE war to end it.

[miss marmelstein]

The point is nonexistent except to overly pompous and ignorant Brits who barely know their own disgusting history in the Caribbean. The abolitionist movement in America was entirely due to religious leaders and their congregations fighting against the institution. The Beecher-Stowe family,for instance. Many of them created and worked in the underground railway movement.