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1760 AD (search for this): entry abolition
Abolition.
During the early years of our national history, abolition was a desire rather than a purpose, and every humane and thinking man, North and South, was an abolitionist.
Previous to the meeting of the first Continental Congress, in 1774, many of the colonies had made protests against the further importation of slaves, and at least two of them, Virginia and Massachusetts, had passed resolutions abolishing the traffic.
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, had, since 1760, made slave-holding and slave-trading a matter of church discipline.
The War for Independence, and the adoption of the Constitution, in 1787, which included the compromise resolution that provided for the continuation of the slave-trade, by permission, until 1808, caused very little change in the sentiment of the people, and all hoped that in some way, not yet imagined, the gradual and peaceful abolition of slavery would be accomplished.
In 1777, Vermont, not yet admitted to the Union, formed a State cons
1774 AD (search for this): entry abolition
Abolition.
During the early years of our national history, abolition was a desire rather than a purpose, and every humane and thinking man, North and South, was an abolitionist.
Previous to the meeting of the first Continental Congress, in 1774, many of the colonies had made protests against the further importation of slaves, and at least two of them, Virginia and Massachusetts, had passed resolutions abolishing the traffic.
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, had, since 1760, made slave-holding and slave-trading a matter of church discipline.
The War for Independence, and the adoption of the Constitution, in 1787, which included the compromise resolution that provided for the continuation of the slave-trade, by permission, until 1808, caused very little change in the sentiment of the people, and all hoped that in some way, not yet imagined, the gradual and peaceful abolition of slavery would be accomplished.
In 1777, Vermont, not yet admitted to the Union, formed a State cons
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