> >>It was an act of parliament, long before your civil war. > > 1809 I think
I guess I'm wrong on this. I was positive I had read 1809 at one point, but a little Googling indicates that the abolition act was passed in 1833 and took effect in 1834. http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/huk-1833act.htm This article also says "...in Scotland, which does not have the common law, bondage still existed until the late eighteenth century, when it was abolished by legislation." The international slave trade was banned in the British Empire in 1807. I believe it was banned in the US not long thereafter, although only as a matter of law. Illegal trade continued. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
