Gradual abolition of slavery

The gradual abolition of slavery took place in the Northern United States, the British Empire, and parts of Latin America during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as part of the end of slavery in the Americas. It was the dominant viewpoint among abolitionists until the 1820s, when it was eclipsed by calls for immediate emancipation.

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