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Perhaps part of this should be moved to WikiSource. --Xiao Li 2005-06-09
"In 1793, under the administration of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, legislation (the Act Against Slavery) was passed in Upper Canada that allowed for gradual abolition: slaves already in the province would remain enslaved until death, no new slaves could be brought into Upper Canada, and children born to female slaves would be freed at age 25." -from Slavery in Canada. By this description, this law was a little more complex than described in the article. The two entries should be reconciled. Padraic · talk 00:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm concerned about relying on a speech by former GG Michaëlle Jean. We quote her saying the law made Upper Canada "the first jurisdiction in the British Empire to pass a law freeing slaves". We should really have a better source than this for such a substantial claim. I would find it surprising that not a single law, freeing any slaves was ever passed before this, anywhere in the whole of the British Empire. That's a large stretch of time and space. What about the freeing of slaves who fought on behalf of the British Empire during the US Revolutionary War. That freed slaves in what was still claimed to be part of the British Empire. Note, I'm not challenging the truth of this, as I really don't know myself. I just want a good solid source. -- Rob ( talk) 22:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Simcoe also moved to abolish slavery as part of his drive to equate Upper Canada with England, where slavery was illegal. The colony had about three hundred slaves, primarily taken during the war from Patriot settlements by Indian and Loyalist raiders and then sold to merchants and magistrates, who balked at losing valuable property. At least six of the sixteen assembly representatives owned slaves. Obliged to compromise, Simcoe accepted a gradual emancipation law that freed no current slaves but barred further imports. Children subsequently born to slave mothers would become free at age twenty-five. By making Upper Canada the first British colony to abolish slavery, Simcoe reiterated his devotion to a "rational liberty" granted by a paternalistic state to common folk.
the capitalisation of the title (AAS) is wrong. 'against' is contained nowhere in text. can we think of a better title? 66.225.168.181 ( talk) 02:51, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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Perhaps part of this should be moved to WikiSource. --Xiao Li 2005-06-09
"In 1793, under the administration of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, legislation (the Act Against Slavery) was passed in Upper Canada that allowed for gradual abolition: slaves already in the province would remain enslaved until death, no new slaves could be brought into Upper Canada, and children born to female slaves would be freed at age 25." -from Slavery in Canada. By this description, this law was a little more complex than described in the article. The two entries should be reconciled. Padraic · talk 00:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm concerned about relying on a speech by former GG Michaëlle Jean. We quote her saying the law made Upper Canada "the first jurisdiction in the British Empire to pass a law freeing slaves". We should really have a better source than this for such a substantial claim. I would find it surprising that not a single law, freeing any slaves was ever passed before this, anywhere in the whole of the British Empire. That's a large stretch of time and space. What about the freeing of slaves who fought on behalf of the British Empire during the US Revolutionary War. That freed slaves in what was still claimed to be part of the British Empire. Note, I'm not challenging the truth of this, as I really don't know myself. I just want a good solid source. -- Rob ( talk) 22:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Simcoe also moved to abolish slavery as part of his drive to equate Upper Canada with England, where slavery was illegal. The colony had about three hundred slaves, primarily taken during the war from Patriot settlements by Indian and Loyalist raiders and then sold to merchants and magistrates, who balked at losing valuable property. At least six of the sixteen assembly representatives owned slaves. Obliged to compromise, Simcoe accepted a gradual emancipation law that freed no current slaves but barred further imports. Children subsequently born to slave mothers would become free at age twenty-five. By making Upper Canada the first British colony to abolish slavery, Simcoe reiterated his devotion to a "rational liberty" granted by a paternalistic state to common folk.
the capitalisation of the title (AAS) is wrong. 'against' is contained nowhere in text. can we think of a better title? 66.225.168.181 ( talk) 02:51, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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