Question: In what year was slavery eliminated in the state containing the island where the novel Great Gatsby took place?

Long Island, a large island directly south of New England, has made attempts in the past to secede from New York and become its own state. Mentions of Long Island secession range from 1896 to 2010. The proposed 51st state has also speculated the combination of Nassau and Suffolk counties into one county in order to reduce costs. <SEP> the first series of the great british bake off, first aired on bbc two on 17 august 2010. ten home bakers took part in a bake - off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the great british bake off's best amateur baker. each week the nationwide tour saw bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline, with some being eliminated from competition at the end of the episode. the rounds of the competition took place in various locations across the uk following a theme, for example, the episode on puddings would take place in bakewell, bread baking would take place near sandwich. this first series had a voiceover by stephen noonan; for the subsequent series this role was taken by the on - screen presenters mel giedroyc and sue perkins. the competition was won by edd kimber. <SEP> The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. <SEP> Under New York State's gradual abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were born to be eventually liberated but were held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties. It was not until 1827 that slavery was completely abolished in the state, and free blacks struggled afterward with discrimination. Together with slaves freed by their masters after the Revolutionary War and escaped slaves, a significant free-black population gradually developed in Manhattan. Under such influential United States founders as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the New York Manumission Society worked for abolition and established the African Free School to educate black children. New York interracial abolitionist activism continued; among its leaders were graduates of the African Free School. The city's black population reached more than 16,000 in 1840. <SEP> uncle tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by american author harriet beecher stowe. published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward african americans and slavery in the u.s. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the civil war".stowe, a connecticut-born teacher at the hartford female seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character of uncle tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. the sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.uncle tom's cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the bible. it is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. in the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the united states; one million copies in great britain. in 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day." the impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that when abraham lincoln met stowe at the start of the civil war, lincoln declared, "so this is the little lady who started this great war." the quote is