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Re:The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (1852) by euroclydon on Thursday July 05, 2018 @08:56AM (#17462851)
Sure, if you look at numbers in a timeline, but 1) the British couldn't hold on to the colonies in N. America and 2) based on #1, even if they had held on to the colonies, they would have had a heck of a time enforcing abolition in the Southern states area.
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Re:The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (1852) by cimmanom on Thursday July 05, 2018 @12:43PM (#17464716)
That's an interesting point. If the American Revolution hadn't occurred in 1776 (or had failed), the Southern states at least would likely have rebelled if the English had attempted to abolish slavery in the 1830s-40s.

Then you have to wonder whether the northern states would have sided with the South or with the English.

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