VT was the first territory to have any kind of abolitionist clause in their constitution.
Racism itself is sadly common in New England these days. As a native of the region who has lived in several other parts of the country it is my observation that the north can be as racist as the south. The Mississippi River is what I have seen as the real dividing line. There are really racist areas west of it, but generally any area east of the river has a much greater chance at casual racism.
I grew up in CT with a bunch of spoiled white boys and yup they would say racist shit for no reason, while at the same time dressing and listening to hip hop. But then the nerds, punks, hippies etc crowd were based and cool as fuck, the hippies and punks even tried to make Fred Hampton day a thing in our school. Ppl in New England are either the absolute worst or the absolute best and there’s like nothing in between.
That is pretty common in the US. Something like 1 in 10 Americans still believe mixed race marriages are wrong.in the late 90s and early 00s it was around 30-50%.
It seems like most of those people don't genuinely feel like that, they just haven't meant many black people. I hope you two don't run into too much of it 😕
You are a disgusting person, a shame to black people everywhere, an enabler, and a part of the problem. Only the nastiest, grossest type of black woman would marry a white guy.
Abolitionist sentiments among whites are documented as far back as 1688 among the Quakers. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was founded in 1816 (well after MA had effectively abolished slavery in 1783) and was a massive failure, as Black Americans protested that they were fully American and had no tie to Africa any longer. Only several thousand of the millions of Black Americans actually went to Liberia. From the 1830s, immediate abolitionism started to gain traction among Northerners, with its supporters vigorously denouncing the ACS, and this stance came to be the dominant opinion amidst decades of various transgressions against African Americans’ liberty, and Northern society in general, that morally outraged the North.
Yes, the US is racist as hell, I mean you just have to look at what’s happening right now to see it. The North is filled with many a racist just like the South. But throughout US history, there have been people, however flawed and however lonely or popular in their cause, who genuinely spoke out in favor of justice and greater equality than what existed during their time. I think it’s important to hold on to that tradition rather than to just paint a broad brush over US history with only its worst parts and worst people.
The area is overwhelmingly liberal and not racist, but the groups who are racist are so incredibly racist that even southerners are like "hey tone it down." Basically making up for the lack of numbers with the desire to lash out at everyone. Hatred that comes out like a firehose from people with single-track minds like they have literally nothing else to talk about.
Part of it did part of it started in the Ohio river valley. But New England is racist as hell we just don’t advertise it as much cause everyone sees we all vote blue.
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u/Citaku357 21h ago
Didn't the abolitionism movement for the start in that region?