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Pennsylvania's Gradual Abolition Act

The first abolition law in the new nation, freeing future-born children of the enslaved.

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  1. March 1, 1780
    Pennsylvania's Gradual Abolition Act

    The first abolition law in the new nation, freeing future-born children of the enslaved.