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Originally Posted by barahona44
Trading in slaves ended in the UK in 1807,then slavery itself in 1833.And it didn't take a costly and destructive war to do it.
After the Revolutionary War, America was an independent nation,free to end slavery but chose not to.Pointing fingers at the British is irrelevent.
In other words, not everything the "Founding Fathers" did was marvelous.Just a reminder
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British colonies were a separate matter. Slavery was abolished in India in 1868, Malaya 1915, Burma 1926, Sierra Leone 1927. Hooks were included in our constitution to end slavery but If the founding fathers had made ending slavery a condition of support for independence, we would not have gained independence in 1776.
