@p @Sui @Alex @Deplorable_Degenerate @DiamondMind @ForbiddenDreamer @Frank @NonPlayableClown @Robert_Edwardly @Seth_Wachhaltamittel @admin @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @dsm @f0x @graf @ins0mniak @maxmustermann @mischievoustomato @pwm Just an aside; history tends to overlook the difference between abolition and emancipation -- until the Emancipaction Proclamation there was just no foundation for emancipating owned slaves, only preventing the proliferation of the trade by outlawing the purchase of new slaves or the enslaving of children.