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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What? The closest thing to an abolition of slavery by British authorities was Dunmore's Proclamation which was proclaimed well after the Revolution had turned into open war. The American Revolution wasn't motivated by any real or perceived threat to the institution of slavery.