Georgia bans slave trade from Africa and the U.S congress now pronounced that anyone who has a slave or participates in slave activity is committing a capital offense. Liberia was founded to be a slave breeding country and they were also stopped. Tennessee officially stops slavery in the state. Slave riots began to escalate again and more laws were established in order to prevent this. Mexico abolishes slavery and becomes a place where slaves can come and live free. This was also a time where the Underground Railroad was given its name.

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