More Facts about Slavery:

       The slave ship Desire sailed from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and was the first to sail from any English colony in America to capture Africans.
       The first State to legislate in favor of the slave trade was Massachusetts.
       The first State to urge a fugitive slave law was Massachusetts.

Moore's History of Slavery

       The last state to legislate against the slave trade was Massachusetts. (The British Encyclopedia says New Jersey)
       The last slave ship to sail from the United States was the Nightingale from Massachusetts in 1861. She secured a cargo of 900 Africans, and was captured by the Saratoga under Captain Guthrie, April 21, 1861, after Fort Sumpter had been fired on. There is no record that any punishment followed this violation of the law.

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