Information about opposition to slaveryin the pre-revolutionarycolonies that later formed the United States.

Some comments from me about this.

• Condemnation of slavery by workers afraid of competition from slavesis not the same thing as moral condemnation of slavery as an injustice.
• Free workers concerned about unfair competition from unpaid slaves can make a difference inthe decision about whether to allow slavery. We can hope that it will do so. that includesthe case of convicts who are compelled nowadays to work in prison for wages so low that thatundercut and reduce the wages of free workers.
• The existence in the British colonies of a minority who opposed slavery on moral groundsis interesting, but they may have been too few to be seen as anything but a fringe group. Itis not impossible to end an injustice that is deeply embedded in society, but it may take astruggle.