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August 17, 1833
The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
A commentary shames Americans for slavery by quoting a paragraph from the Transcript about anti-slavery laws in Austria (decree of August 5, 1826) and Prussia (law of 1784) that free slaves upon entering their territories or vessels.
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AMERICANS, BLUSH!
We find the following paragraph in the Transcript, without credit.
'England is by no means the only soil in Europe which gives liberty to the slave whose feet may touch it. Austria has carried her philanthropy to the utmost verge of her dominion. 'Every slave, says the Austrian Decree of the 5th of August, 1826, which steps upon the Austrian soil, or even the deck of an Austrian vessel, becomes free.' The law of Prussia, too, so far back as 1784, enacted, That so soon as any strangers, who have slaves with them, or any subject of the Prussian Crown, who may purchase slaves in foreign lands and bring them into the country, shall fix their abode within it, slavery instantly ceases and determines.'
We find the following paragraph in the Transcript, without credit.
'England is by no means the only soil in Europe which gives liberty to the slave whose feet may touch it. Austria has carried her philanthropy to the utmost verge of her dominion. 'Every slave, says the Austrian Decree of the 5th of August, 1826, which steps upon the Austrian soil, or even the deck of an Austrian vessel, becomes free.' The law of Prussia, too, so far back as 1784, enacted, That so soon as any strangers, who have slaves with them, or any subject of the Prussian Crown, who may purchase slaves in foreign lands and bring them into the country, shall fix their abode within it, slavery instantly ceases and determines.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Slavery
Austria
Prussia
Anti Slavery Laws
European Philanthropy
Slave Freedom
Where did it happen?
Austria, Prussia, Europe
Story Details
Location
Austria, Prussia, Europe
Event Date
5th Of August, 1826; 1784
Story Details
European nations Austria and Prussia have laws freeing slaves upon entry to their soil or vessels, as per 1826 Austrian decree and 1784 Prussian law, contrasting with American slavery.