Depends on how you look at it. Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery. In 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.
Massachusetts became the first colony to legalize slavery in the year 1641. Slavery is declared illegal in the Americas' Northwest Territory, or now known as the Midwest in 1787. And Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, or in other words, he stopped slavery trade among the Americans.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was an act of the Continental Congress that organized the first U.S. territory beyond the Appalachian Mountains, specifically the Northwest Territory. It established a framework for governance and the admission of new states, setting important precedents for the expansion of the United States westward. The ordinance also included provisions for civil liberties and the prohibition of slavery in the territory, influencing the future development of the nation.
In the United States, slavery happened from the arrival of the first non-native Europeans until 1865. The Civil War turned into a war for the eradication of slavery. The end of slavery was made law via the 13th Amendment.
They did not like it because they, too, were sometimes forced into slavery.
Kansas
Kansas
The first territory to shed blood in a civil conflict over slavery was Kansas, during a period known as "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s. This violent struggle erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers as they competed for control of the territory following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed the residents to determine whether to allow slavery. The violence marked a significant and early confrontation in the larger national conflict leading to the American Civil War.
The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act caused an internal conflict. As a territory, Kansas was the first territory to have an armed and bloody conflict over slavery.
Vermont was a territory that abolished slavery in 1777, but technically Pennsylvania was the first STATE to abolish slavery, doing so in 1780.
georgia was the first colony to outlaw slavery
Vermont was the first territory (not a state at the time) to abolish slavery in 1777, the first state to abolish slavery outright was Pennsylvania in 1780.
Slavery
Slavery came to the colonies in 1609, so it has been here since the start.
Slavery
The first document to ban slavery in a state or territory of the United States was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This legislation established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory and explicitly prohibited slavery in the region. It was a significant step toward limiting the expansion of slavery in the early United States. The Northwest Ordinance laid the groundwork for future debates about slavery in newly formed states.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787