Smokey Robinson is born William Robinson in Detroit, Mich. February 15 1804—The New Jersey legislature passes a law leading to the gradual elimination of slavery in the state. However, the process was so gradual that there were still slaves in New Jersey right up to the start of the Civil War in 1860. 1851—In an … Continued
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