Posted on 07/12/2021 6:27:56 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
Abraham Lincoln was right when he declared that, at the time of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the Constitution, it was widely expected that slavery was on the wane, and would soon die out. That broad sentiment is actually a matter of public record, but that record has been effectively suppressed.
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Massachusetts in the Lead
In 1767, the General Court of Massachusetts (the equivalent of the House of Representatives) passed a bill “to prevent the unnatural and unwarrantable custom of enslaving mankind in this province and the importation of slaves into the same.” That is, the most representative body in the state called for complete abolition of slavery.
What happened then? The King’s representative, Governor Bernard, vetoed the bill.
In 1768 the same bill was passed again, only to be met with the dissolution of the body by the Governor.
Fast forward to 1771. This time it was the General Court and the Council which took the decision to abolish the slave trade. The bill was vetoed by Governor Hutchinson.
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And Then in Virginia
The last case I want to mention in this short summary came in Virginia itself.
In 1767 Virginian Arthur Lee printed an address in the Virginia Gazette to the House of Burgesses calling for the abolition of slavery. The first step toward that end, he recommended, should be to put a heavy duty on the importation of slaves. While this idea was not taken up immediately, it was reintroduced in 1769 by Richard Henry Lee, and passed.
The action was then suspended by the British Crown as being hurtful to a major source of British revenue.
Burton Cummings?
Colonial American Woman?
I remember reading something that said during the Revolutionary War the British offered freedom to Southern slaves who joined their side.
It was Trump’s ancestors.
Just realized I could have copied a better link.
https://americansystemnow.com/guess-who-insisted-on-slavery-in-colonial-america
Johnson v Parker (1655)
That’s when the General Court of Massachusetts said “No sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea.” Plans for a tea party started brewing at that very moment.
Lol
They didn’t Share the Land.
Yes, this is true. After the patriots started putting in abolitionist efforts it became a wedge issue used by both sides to hurt the other side.
The colonies passed the Continental Association(1774), which completely banned all slave trading.
This was designed to hurt Britain economically.
Conversely, the British had Dunmore’s Proclamation. This was designed to hurt the patriots militarily.
To hear them say tell America broke free because the British Empire opposed slavery.
Never mentioned in all these demands for reparations, etc. is the FACT that Whites - lead by the British - put an end to slavery.
Reparations were paid in the form of 600,000, mostly White lives lost and families destroyed in the WBTS.
We are owed a debt of gratitude for this - and what do we get? Out statues torn down, our holidays erased, our history and traditions thrown down the memory hole.
Abolitionism was led by the Americans. The British tried to thwart abolitionist efforts.
I’ll bet the slaves cried “You took away everything I had, you put the hurt on me.”
The first Communist who insisted that we share the land. But then he pointed a musket at the heads of all those who tried to settle on HIS land. Sad tale.
The whole thing almost came undun!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom#1800%E2%80%931829
William Wilberforce's Slave Trade Act 1807 abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. It was not until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that the institution finally was abolished, but on a gradual basis. Since land owners in the British West Indies were losing their unpaid labourers, they received compensation totalling £20 million.The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron (or Preventative Squadron) at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act. The squadron's task was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa, preventing the slave trade by force of arms, including the interception of slave ships from Europe, the United States, the Barbary pirates, West Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
1774: Britain vetos abolitionist laws passed in colonial legislatures in some of the 13 colonies.
Roll back your clock. You're not even in the timeframe of colonial America anymore. You've left the topic altogether.
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