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American opposition to slavery was inherited from earlier European antagonism to the idea.

Western European Church lawyers of the Middle Ages came to the conclusion that slavery was incompatible with Christianity. This resulted with the abolition of slavery in some places. In England, for example, slavery was abolished by King Henry I, as a result of statements on the subject issued by the Conference of London in 1102.

In the English colonies of North America, there was always some distaste for slavery resulting from the old idea that it was cruel and unchristian.

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