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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago

In Europe. The abolitionistmovement started not long after slavery. Most of of the newspapers in England had articles portraying slavery as a positive pleasant enviroment. Purely to try and remove the political power of the abolitionist movement.

Not much has changed really.