I’ve never heard of it... Thanks for posting. And I consider myself an ok decent history guy... I feel ashamed... :(
Articles of Association: 2. That we will neither import nor purchase any Slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the Slave Trade,....
That really put a crimp in my ancestors slave trade.
We instead “hired” the Chinese and the Irish to work on the railroad. We were first in the H-1B visa trade.