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Originally Posted by rob
The North owned slaves also[/b] before and during this period.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism
Abolition by law in the northern states was an accomplished fact by 1804. All northern states had laws on the books by 1804 to abolish slavery. The laws did not always take immediate effect and the most you can say is that abolition was a gradual process in some states and a few slaves remained in the North until 1860.