Because it was the 200th anneversary of slavery being officially banned in the United States of America.
It became illegal to sell a freed African American back into slavery
I turned !💝
http://wiki.answers.com/about/year-review-2008.html
because its the start of a new year
French Revolution began
Their history and politics actually didn't change much from the year before, 2008! ;)
Sojourner Truth escaped slavery in the year 1826
cuz their was more money made
french revolution began
the Western and Eastern churches excommunicated each other
The current Texas state constitution was adopted in that year.
Slavery was abolished in Delaware in the year of 1787. Vermont and New Jersey abolished slavery in the year of 1777.