TIL Quebec "unofficially" got rid of Slavery in 1798, 35 years before it was abolished, because the Chief of Justice couldn't find any laws to punish an escaped slave named Charlotte who refused to return to her master- so he set her free. Other slaves found out and started doing the same thing.

TIL Quebec "unofficially" got rid of Slavery in 1798, 35 years before it was abolished, because the Chief of Justice couldn't find any laws to punish an escaped slave named Charlotte who refused to return to her master- so he set her free. Other slaves found out and started doing the same thing. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/slavery-in-quebec-shedding-light-on-a-largely-unknown-history https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/slavery-abolition-act-1833 sophaloaf100 November 30, 2018 at 02:44PM