Many Americans think of abolition as a Civil War issue, but the roots of freedom for the African American go back farther and deeper than most imagine. Additionally, what seems today to be a simple problem was much more complex before the turn of the 19th century, not only because the social evolution of man had not reached the needed level, but because the opposition of slavery could be a danger to anyone who expressed those views. Real history is that which is written at the time, by the people who lived it. Nothing but real history can gives us the most complete picture if any issue. This book is a look at real history.