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A 3 page book review of In Hope of Liberty by historians James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton who discuss the abolition of slavery in the North. No additional sources cited.
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slavery with their territories. This movement took different routes in different states. Massachusetts essentially abolished slavery adding a Declaration of Rights to their Commonwealth Constitution in 1780, which declared that
all people are "born free and equal. Vermont adopted a constitution in 1777 that overtly prohibited slavery, while Pennsylvania passed legislation in 1780 that prohibited automatically relegating to slavery the
children of slaves, which effectively abolished slavery over the long term. Quakers of Pennsylvania and western New Jersey were "among the first white Americans to urge the abolition of slavery"
(Horton and Horton 56). Beginning in 1773 in New England, and "spreading to other regions in the North," Quakers began to disown individuals from their congregations who refused to free
their slaves (Horton and Horton 56). Basing their text on a solid research into primary sources, historians James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton discuss the abolition of slavery in
the North in their text In Hope of Liberty. The student researching this topic should note that since the student did not send faxed pages from the text, Google
Book Search was consulted. In writing his/her own paper based on this sample essay, the student is encouraged to include more details from the book. These authors offer a window
on history that shows how blacks of the Revolutionary War era perceived the issues pertaining to liberty that served to captivate the colonies. While thousands of enslaved were lured to
the British side by promises of manumission, such as the one issued by Lord Denmore in 1775, Horton and Horton show how there was black involvement in the Revolutionary War
effort. This effort is coached within the historical context of the era, which Horton and Horton show included a great deal of involvement in blacks advocating their own cause.
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