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Originally Posted by rwm1273

Here is a good article on the issue of segregation and the differences between counties, both in Canada and the US. It often depended on where you were on what kind of rights you had a a black person. And that has more to do with who was running the town or county.

http://www.archives.com/genealogy/fa...-american.html

And this is a good sight that discusses black history in Canada.

http://blackhistorycanada.ca/timeline.php?id=1600

We never had slavery in Canada.

Abraham Lincoln wasn't really for government making people give up slaves in the beginning, he ran in 1860 saying he wanted containment in slavery and wanted to keep the Missouri compromise as the line in slavery. Only in the middle of war in 1863 did he even give his emancipation proclamation and free the slaves. And it was only really after passing the 13th amendment were the slaves actually free. The civil war was more about states rights vs fed rights than it was about slavery.