[ladyjane]

This is getting tiresome.

I made a statement that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts legislature never passed any laws against slavery.

That statement stands. Good grief you can’t argue that statement.

I am not going to say it again.

Any other inferences you want to make about that statement you may. But they are your inferences.

[BroJoeK]

Ladyjane: “I made a statement that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts legislature never passed any laws against slavery.”

Your statement is obviously intended as a criticism of Bay Staters, for, at a minimum the “hypocrisy” of opposing slavery in OTHER states, while supposedly tolerating it in their own.
Indeed, if you don’t intend to be critical, then why even mention it?

But census data shows that, in fact, Massachusetts never “tolerated” slavery from 1790 through 1860, and other reports say they were part of the Underground Railroad to free Fugitive Slaves.

So, your point is pointless.
Sorry about that.