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minus-squareStorm [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·4 months agoHe’s in good company. George Washington would send his slaves over state lines so they couldn’t be freed by laws the duration of in the north.
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agowait, what? did you maybe drop a word near the end, I’m having trouble understanding
minus-squareStorm [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoSo I forget the state, but where Washington had slaves passed a law that slaves who are residents for a set amount of years would be freed. But to get around the law, he’d bring his slaves to another state and reset the timer on their freedom. I’ll link the specific details in about two hours
minus-squareIshmael [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoIt was Pennsylvania, back when Philly was the capital. I heard about this on the Dollop podcast episode on Ona Judge, who escaped Washington during one of these trips to reset the freedom clock. The episode was based on this book: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/never-caught-2
He’s in good company. George Washington would send his slaves over state lines so they couldn’t be freed by laws the duration of in the north.
wait, what? did you maybe drop a word near the end, I’m having trouble understanding
So I forget the state, but where Washington had slaves passed a law that slaves who are residents for a set amount of years would be freed.
But to get around the law, he’d bring his slaves to another state and reset the timer on their freedom.
I’ll link the specific details in about two hours
It was Pennsylvania, back when Philly was the capital. I heard about this on the Dollop podcast episode on Ona Judge, who escaped Washington during one of these trips to reset the freedom clock. The episode was based on this book:
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/never-caught-2
Thank you!