Slacker News Slacker News logo featuring a lazy sloth with a folded newspaper hat
  • top
  • new
  • show
  • ask
  • jobs
Library
← Back to context

Comment by SapporoChris

10 hours ago

What does that matter? The country still engaged in slavery for eight nine years, but had actually started in Colonial America in Virginia in 1619. So, in Virginia slavery was legal from 1619 to 1863. Yes, a petition was filed in Pennsylvania in 1688. How is this relevant?

0 comments

SapporoChris

Reply

No comments yet

Contribute on Hacker News ↗

Slacker News

Product

  • API Reference
  • Hacker News RSS
  • Source on GitHub

Community

  • Support Ukraine
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • GiveWell Charities