Re:Let yourself be monitored: EU governments to agree on Cha...
by elevation on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:53PM
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> The colonists rebelled against the UK because the UK was freeing slaves
The Declaration of Independence predates legal abolition in England by 30+ years.
Influential US founders knew from the beginning that slavery was a moral blight and worked to permanently undermine it. 20 years after the revolution, congress outlawed the importation of slaves -- an act that was forecast by the constitution itself and which also predated English abolition legislation.
The Declaration of Independence predates legal abolition in England by 30+ years.
Influential US founders knew from the beginning that slavery was a moral blight and worked to permanently undermine it. 20 years after the revolution, congress outlawed the importation of slaves -- an act that was forecast by the constitution itself and which also predated English abolition legislation.