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Originally Posted by ali#1
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.
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Wrong again. We had slavery in Canada.
This sight gives a history of Blacks in Canada, including the history of slavery in Canada.
http://blackhistorycanada.ca/timeline.php?id=1600