Even better—American states started banning slavery immediately after we signed the Declaration of Independence, starting in 1777.
The only reason they didn’t do it before 1777 was because King George kept overruling them.
By the time Great Britain banned slavery, all America’s https://t.co/VQJNtvvprK
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