As I've noted before, the American Revolutionary generation took a number of major steps against slavery.https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/11/john-kelly-civil-war-debate-tim-kaine-america-slavery/ …
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For an example of the influence of American abolitionism on forced labor abroad, consider Egypt. The corvee system of forced labor carried on the tradition back to the pyramids of slavery & forced labor in Egypt.
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By the 19th century, the corvee was used for periodic episodes of forced labor on whatever projects the Egyptian leaders (or their Ottoman overlords) wanted. For the Suez Canal project, the Pasha forced masses of Egyptian labor to support the French dig.
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European opinion, especially in Britain, was outraged, but the dig went on - but as soon as news reached Egypt of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the new Pasha ended the corvee on the Suez Canal. The French were forced to switch to steam-fed machines to dig.
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The new Pasha had his own motives as well & didn't end the corvee on all Egyptian projects, but it was Lincoln's act that gave him cover to withdraw the forced labor of Egyptian peasant farmers & let them return to their families.
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Eventually the British takeover of Egypt in 1882 eliminated the corvee entirely, consistent with the British attitude towards slavery worldwide. But in 1863, the influence of American example was a prominent part of the story.
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It wasn't the Democrats
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Dems and Republicans were totally different parties back then. You should brush up on your history.
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How are Carl and Dan wrong?
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