A soul can only escape the wheel of birth through self-realization.
In order to achieve liberation, one has to meditate, sacrifice, surrender, and live
according to God’s will. Only souls filled with purity(sattva) are deserving to
escape the cycle of birth.
Fresh cheap land. They wanted to farm and take advantage of the terrain .
Answer:
Finally, a compromise was reached with the Southern states that guaranteed the continuance of the slave trade for 20 years after the adoption of the Constitution. That deal set the earliest expiration date as 1808 — which Congress met. Great Britain also banned the African slave trade in 1807.
So yes they agreed to wait 20 years