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As an aside: "[T]hey believed that after a slight economic adjustment the gradual elimination of slavery would create a more diverse and dynamic economy." It'
by nateabele 11y ago
As an aside:
"[T]hey believed that after a slight economic adjustment the gradual elimination of slavery would create a more diverse and dynamic economy."
It's amazing to me how close we came to having a totally different society.
- baldfat 11y agoAn Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, passed by the Pennsylvania legislature on 1 March 1780, was one of the first attempts by a government in the Western Hemisphere to begin an abolition of slavery [] http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/history/gradual.htm http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/history/gradual.htm Wasn't likely to be picked up by the southern states. Was part of the foundations of the Absolutionist movement and also the reason why Pennsylvania was a force for the end of slavery for the history of it's congressmen (For the most part).