To: SeekAndFind
The first political entities in the modern Atlantic world to abolish slavery were the northern American states, which was no mean feat: I believe that at the time of the Revolutionary War, New York was the second highest slave-owning state after Virginia.
7 posted on
02/15/2023 8:39:11 AM PST by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: pierrem15
England was as fast actually. More effective at their national level of debate and laws.
19 posted on
02/15/2023 9:41:49 AM PST by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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