If slavery built the USA in general, then how did slavery build Massachusetts in particular? Slavery was legal in Massachusetts when it was an English colony. At that time, Negroes (both enslaved Africans & Free Persons of Color) accounted for less than 2% of the population. And although the American Revolution did not end until 1783, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts outlawed slavery when it ratified its own constitution in 1780. Today, Blacks make up no more than 5% of the population of Massachusetts.
If slavery built the USA in general, then how did slavery build Massachusetts in particular? Slavery was legal in Massachusetts when it was an English colony. At that time, Negroes (both enslaved Africans & Free Persons of Color) accounted for less than 2% of the population. And although the American Revolution did not end until 1783, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts outlawed slavery when it ratified its own constitution in 1780. Today, Blacks make up no more than 5% of the population of Massachusetts.
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