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[-] SeattleRain@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

This is the same guy that fought a war to preserve slavery.

[-] azi@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What? The closest thing to an abolition of slavery by British authorities was Dunmore's Proclamation which was proclaimed well after the Revolution had turned into open war. The American Revolution wasn't motivated by any real or perceived threat to the institution of slavery.

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