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In reply to the discussion: I can't stop looking at his picture. [View all]FakeNoose
(32,638 posts)40. Pennsylvania is north of the Mason-Dixon line
If there were slaves in Pennsylvania it happened before the Constitution was ratified. As one of the 13 original colonies the laws of Pennsylvania Colony were determined by England, until we broke away. So maybe slavery was allowed during those early dark years, but not since 1789 when the Constitution became the law of our land. I doubt that we have any slavery-related laws left on our books now. History shows that a major route of the Underground Railroad passed through Pittsburgh and north to Erie-Buffalo-Canada. The abolitionists were strong in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and elsewhere in the state.
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Such a nice, pleasant looking young man. One of the first things I noticed more than a year ago.....
George II
Nov 2021
#7
Her last words to him at the Funeral, "Mama will get to the bottom of this..."
WarGamer
Nov 2021
#22
i would say that picture should be hung in the cell of all of his murderers......
Takket
Nov 2021
#11
I was thinking of Trayvon Martin, murdered while walking home by a vicious vigilante goon.
sop
Nov 2021
#13
There's that same look on the faces of so many of them. It's heart breaking ...
marble falls
Nov 2021
#46