You write ... > So in other words, still slavery. Right? .., which suggests you overlooked the first leg of the OR clause: > Compensated emancipation was typ

You write ... > So in other words, still slavery. Right? .., which suggests you overlooked the first leg of the OR clause: > Compensated emancipation was typically enacted as part of an act that outlawed slavery outright But maybe I am not understanding you. If an act outlaws slavery outright, is it your view that there are still slaves? You also write ... > ... and doesn't really get rid of slavery. .., but the historical record shows that compensated emancipation did get rid of lawful slavery.