Timeline (1790 Abolition)


 * 1789: Franklin's Address to the Public is able to convince many, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, to become abolitionists.
 * 1790: The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (More well known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society) petitions for the end of slavery to the Congress. With a close 66% for to 34% against, the Emancipation Act is signed on April 19th.