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Wed, 03.01.1780

The State of Pennsylvania Abolishes Slavery

On this date in 1780, Pennsylvania became the second American state to abolish slavery.

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Inquirer.com

Battlefiels.org

Black First:
2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
by Jessie Carney Smith
Copyright 1994 Visible Ink Press, Detroit, MI
ISBN 0-8103-9490-1

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

I’m feeling mighty lonesome, haven’t slept a wink, I walk the floor and watch the door and in between I drink black coffee. Loves a hand-me-down broom. I’ll... BLACK COFFEE by Ella Fitzgerald.
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