After the American Revolutionary War, the number and proportion of free people of color increased markedly in the North and the South as slaves were freed. Most northern states abolished slavery, sometimes, like New York, in programs of gradual emancipation that took more than two decades to be completed. The last slaves in New York were not freed until 1827. In connection with the Second Great Awakening, Quaker and Methodist preachers in the South urged slaveholders to free their slaves. Revolutionary ideals led many men to free their slaves, some by deed and others by will, so that from 1782 to 1810, the percentage of free people of color rose from less than one percent to nearly 10 percent of blacks in the South.
When did the numbers of free people of color increase dramatically? How were the laws in New York abolished? How long did it take for states like New York to abolish all slave laws? Who in the south were urging their churches to free their slaves in the south? When were the last slaves freed in New York state? When did the number of free people of color begin to increase in the North and South? Who implored slaveholders to free their slaves? What caused many slaveholder to free their slaves? How much did the percentage of free people in the South change from 1782 to 1810? What is it called when it takes several years for slaves to be freed in a program? The last slave in New York was freed when? What caused Quaker and Methodist preachers to want to free slaves? In 1810, how many black people were considered free? What caused many men to free slaves from 1782 to 1810?