1. Slavery in Revolutionary Time
Under both the Articles of Confederation, which had united the colonies during the Revolution, and the Constitution which joined the new states after 1787, the national government didn't have authorities to end slavery in any of the states (Hodges 1997). ... If they were slaves north of the Mason Dixon Line, they were freed about 30 years after the adoption of the constitution. ... American blacks ended up in Canada, Britain, the West Indies, and Europe" (NPS, 2008). ...
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