15 February 2012

on Today,

in 1804,                      

The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for "gradual" emancipation of African Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.

4 comments:

Don said...

New Jersey wanted that free slave labor for as long as possible, I see.

Bastards. Lol.

Daij said...

LOL

true dat!

Dr. Russell Norman Murray said...

Good effective historical use of maps Dr. Daij, which btw look better with my new notebook (thanks to power outage and someone that ran into a telephone poll).

Daij said...

Thanks Dr Russell