the FACTS are that without the SELF-righteous,SELF-serving, sanctimonious,elitist HYPOCRYTES of the new england area & NY, there would have been NO slavery.
further, there were MANY who were publicly "abolitionists", who were at the same time IN the slave trade. (fwiw, i despise a HYPOCRTYE & a "2-face" worse than even i despise a slaver.)
also, there were just about the SAME percentage of slave-OWNERS (5-6%)in the north as there ever was in dixie. neither side's hands were/are clean.
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