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Old 03-21-2007, 10:34 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by willravel
Slavery was abolished in the US in 1833, around a century before MLK was born. I don't think he'd be surprised that slavery was abolished.
Hey will, you sure about that date? 1833?

The Emancipation Proclamation was in 1863, so maybe it was a typo.
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