Sentence examples for state abolished from inspiring English sources

New York State abolished slavery in 1827.

There is no county seat because the state abolished county government in 1960.

Just before New York state abolished slavery in 1827, she found refuge with Isaac Van Wagener, who set her free.

In fact, some of Jefferson's slaves were freed before Moore's: the former president emancipated five upon his death in 1826, while Moore's hand was forced a year later when New York state abolished slavery.

The African-American population there would have been a mix of free blacks, indentured servants and slaves until 1827, when New York State abolished slavery, said David Byer-thee, the director of the Hempstead museum.

The state abolished the tax in 1980, but with a budget shortfall of more than $1 billion expected over the next three years the governor, a Democrat, thinks the tax is necessary, an administration official said.

In the seventeen-nineties, five states abolished the death penalty for all crimes except murder.

By 1916 some 20 states were using primaries, though in subsequent decades several states abolished them.

Some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, while others retained it.

The film depicts Abraham Lincoln's arm-twisting and political maneuvering in January 1865 to secure approval of the 13th Amendment, which, when ratified by three-quarters of the states, abolished slavery throughout the nation.

All Northern states abolished slavery by 1804.