Thread. 3 core drivers of early abolitionism: American Quakers, British evangelical Christians, & American revolutionary rhetoric. US revolution influenced those in Haiti & Latin America. US abolitionist themes influenced emancipation of Russian serfs. https://twitter.com/CarlPaulus/status/1108200673244577793 …
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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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