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@RaymondLavertue @ChristopherRust @hulu @Shoshana_Guy @RogerRossWill @caitlinroper @Oprah @nytimes Slavery was codified by the federal government with the Fugitive Slave Act, for instance. And by the time an anti-slavery president was elected and the South seceded, nearly every other NATION in the Americas had already abolished slavery. — PolitiTweet.org