Chambers's Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Slaverr.-in the American Edition the foregoing passage is omitted; and mention is made that the colonists petitioned the king as early as 1770 to restrain the practice of introducing slaves. It is added: Their petition was of no avail and with the further development of the country, the insti tution, regarded at first as a moral and political evil, canie to be recognised as a social necessity.' Here a historical fact of some moment is suppressed. Not a word is said as to why the States did not at once peremptorily abolish slavery on shaking 03 the rule of the mother-country.

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