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White slavery in the Barbary states : a lecture before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, Feb. 17, 1847 by Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Publication date 1847 Topics Slavery -- Africa, North ...
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
Temporary workers working in regional NSW, hired on visas through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme have been forced to have abortions to meet visa requirements. From 500 or 600 ...
State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s constitution.
Juneteenth's origins and this year's celebrations The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of ...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas ...
The people living in slavery in the United States obtained their freedom — at least, theoretically — in 1865. In January 1865, the U.S. Congress proposed the 13th Amendment, for the national abolition ...
But we can finally, officially celebrate the end of slavery in Alabama on our newest state holiday. Happy Juneteenth. It’s been a long time coming.
Today marks the 245th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Commonwealth, which took place 85 years before Juneteenth.
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