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Re: Slavery in the North
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"The North had slavery for approximately 200 years and even continued to have slavery after the war was over and the slaves of the Confederacy had been freed."
RD,
I think that New Jersey was the last state in 1866. In 1860 we had here in Springfield, 115 blacks of whom 6 were still slaves. At that same time, several of the southern states had at least as many or in some cases more black slaves in them than free white people. I have to agree with many on this board that slavery was not illeagl, but in my opinion it was a highly immoral thing. In Nevada, prostitution is legal but I don't want my daughter or my sister to go out there to get a job.
Your post brings up a question for me. How many slaves were still in the norhtern states or so called free states versus the number of slaves in the southern states at that time. In my mind what was in 1800 has nothing to do what was in oh say 1860. As far as some saying that the war was fought over slavery,I think that might be true also. all one has to do is read for instance vice President Stephens cornerstone speech or read the causes of secession from several of the states that tried to break the union and it is not hard to see that thought in the minds of the south.
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