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To: Enlightened1

A black regiment of patriots from Massachusetts stormed the high ground at Yorktown and forced the surrender. They didn’t do it to preserve slavery.


15 posted on 02/07/2020 6:34:08 AM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Lagmeister

Further...

A nation (England) that had slaves themselves at that time, were not here to end slavery.

We were not fighting to continue slavery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833


57 posted on 02/07/2020 11:52:21 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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