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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 46 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

1000023888

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 49 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm afraid I only know a little on this one, but I can offer an article!

https://today.usc.edu/how-mexico-offered-freedom-to-the-enslaved-people-of-the-antebellum-south

Mexico had banned slavery in 1837, long before its northern neighbor. The nation’s laws granted enslaved people access to freedom as soon as they set foot on Mexican soil. Mexican officials also refused to return runaways under the U.S.’s Fugitive Slave Act.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago

Fun fact: that's why rich white Americans living in Texas rebelled