@ModernCSA yawn! still trying to use the British colonies i see in your dates for united states history!!! lol
16th century Spanish colonial laws
17th century Spanish and British colonial laws
18th century Spanish and British colonial laws
@ModernCSA 1776 July 2 America was born
1776 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, forbids its members from holding slaves.
1776 Delaware prohibits the importation of African slaves.
@ModernCSA 1777 New York enfranchises all free propertied men regardless of color or prior servitude.
1778 Rhode Island forbids the removal of slaves from the state.