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Post by spanishspy on Jul 7, 2018 2:56:58 GMT
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Post by stevep on Jul 7, 2018 9:31:56 GMT
Well it sounded good at 1st. Pity the law wasn't enforced but they did seem to have moved pretty quickly in 1784 to end the business. Do you know were the slavers strongly loyalist or the trade being interrupted by the war as to why they were able to change things around given that in 1750 it was pretty much the centre of the slave trade in the north?
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 7, 2018 15:34:46 GMT
Well it sounded good at 1st. Pity the law wasn't enforced but they did seem to have moved pretty quickly in 1784 to end the business. Do you know were the slavers strongly loyalist or the trade being interrupted by the war as to why they were able to change things around given that in 1750 it was pretty much the centre of the slave trade in the north?
I can't say I know too much about the political leanings of slave merchants but I do know that the British freeing slaves in the South during the war sent many planters to the Patriot side. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 7, 2018 16:29:18 GMT
Well it sounded good at 1st. Pity the law wasn't enforced but they did seem to have moved pretty quickly in 1784 to end the business. Do you know were the slavers strongly loyalist or the trade being interrupted by the war as to why they were able to change things around given that in 1750 it was pretty much the centre of the slave trade in the north?
I can't say I know too much about the political leanings of slave merchants but I do know that the British freeing slaves in the South during the war sent many planters to the Patriot side.
I know the British recruited slaves, in return for freedom, to boost the loyalist forces and would expect that would upset a lot involved in the slave 'industry' but would have thought that would have made the newly independent Rhode Is more supportive to slavery rather than opposed?
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 8, 2018 19:26:25 GMT
I can't say I know too much about the political leanings of slave merchants but I do know that the British freeing slaves in the South during the war sent many planters to the Patriot side.
I know the British recruited slaves, in return for freedom, to boost the loyalist forces and would expect that would upset a lot involved in the slave 'industry' but would have thought that would have made the newly independent Rhode Is more supportive to slavery rather than opposed?
Rhode Island's relation to slavery in that time I'm not familiar with. My comment was on the South, of which I have some rudimentary knowledge. I do know it was New England that was the hotbed of revolutionary sentiment in the early part of the war. |
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