1804
New Jersey's Gradual Abolition and Persistent Bondage
New Jersey's 1804 gradual abolition law left many Black people in long-term apprenticeships; the state was among the last in the North to fully end slavery, revealing Northern complicity in bondage.
New Jersey, NJ
African American
Slavery & emancipation
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New Jersey's 1804 gradual abolition law left many Black people in long-term apprenticeships; the state was among the last in the North to fully end slavery, revealing Northern complicity in bondage.