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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
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The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
Walking through history and Savannah’s stories of slavery
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.
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Slavery and the Catholic Church
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their ...
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I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
Slavery in the US People are enslaved in the U.S., too. The National Human Trafficking Resource center, which documents cases of forced labor and sex trafficking, has identified 197,000 victims of ...
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How workers fought US slavery and earned Abraham Lincoln’s gratitude
“Slave cotton” was a potential source of huge funding ... The statue of Lincoln was created after the first world war and sent to London by a US Republican admirer of Lincoln. Strangely the ...
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10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global ... Global annual profit from forced labour estimated at US$236 billion The annual global profit generated from ...
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Born into Slavery, Rufus Estes Became One of the First Black Cookbook Authors and Served Presidents
Rufus Estes served presidents, a princess, and world-famous musicians as a chef on Pullman cars before becoming one of the ...