Slavery Legalized: Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641) (sep 12, 1641 – mar 12, 1995)
Description:
"The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, the first legal code established by European colonists in the New England, legalizes slavery.Massachusetts thus became the first state to officially legalize slavery, while Mississippi became the last state to officially abolish it (with belated ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment) in 1995."
Source:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/interactive/slavery-united-states/
*exact dates not known
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Date:
sep 12, 1641
mar 12, 1995
~ 353 years
