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Domestic News
September 26, 1798
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Georgia's new constitution prohibits the importation of slaves after October 1, hailed as a humane step toward potential emancipation by friends of liberty.
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Lexington, September 26.
The state of Georgia has at length discontinued that most horrid practice, the Importation of Slaves. No slaves (says the new constitution) are to be imported after the first day of October next.—How pleasing must it be to every friend of humanity, to see the inhabitants of the Southern states about to abolish a practice which is so inimical to the rights of man.—We may suppose that the preventing the importation of slaves is the first step towards an emancipation—that wished for period, which will be crowned with joy to every friend of equal liberty.
The state of Georgia has at length discontinued that most horrid practice, the Importation of Slaves. No slaves (says the new constitution) are to be imported after the first day of October next.—How pleasing must it be to every friend of humanity, to see the inhabitants of the Southern states about to abolish a practice which is so inimical to the rights of man.—We may suppose that the preventing the importation of slaves is the first step towards an emancipation—that wished for period, which will be crowned with joy to every friend of equal liberty.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slave Related
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Georgia
Slave Importation
Constitution
Emancipation
Where did it happen?
Georgia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Georgia
Event Date
After The First Day Of October Next
Outcome
discontinuation of slave importation
Event Details
The state of Georgia has discontinued the importation of slaves via its new constitution, prohibiting imports after October 1. This is viewed as pleasing to friends of humanity and a first step toward emancipation.