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malaise

(268,997 posts)
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 06:58 PM Mar 2023

The act for the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave trade officially was signed on this day

the 25th March 1807. King George III signed into law the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire.
In reality, 31 years passed before our ancestors were supposedly free.

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The act for the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave trade officially was signed on this day (Original Post) malaise Mar 2023 OP
key word, Malaise, "supposedly". Thank you LoisB Mar 2023 #1
K/R appalachiablue Mar 2023 #2
kick for the historical lesson BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #3
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