Re: What Happened to The 56 Men Who Signed the DeclarationofIndependence ?

["Wayne J. Hauber" <wjhauber () iastate edu>]

At 08:56 AM 7/9/2007, Brian Loe wrote:
> On 7/9/07, Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
> > > >>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.
>
> Wow....less than 30 years earlier than the US - with a LOT more
> experience in such matters. Guess Solly's adopted home isn't so
> benevolent after all....

A tidbit I learned during some geneology research...slavery in the 
Swabian region of Germany was formally abolished in 1921. Apparently, 
children of poor Swiss peasants were sold, marched across the Alps to 
work in Swabia... So, I hope that none of my ancestors was involved :-(

See the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_children

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