In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War...
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Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal...
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Bertram. "American Abolitionism and Religion". Teacher Serve. National Humanities Center. Retrieved 14 November 2019. "American Abolitionism and Religion,...
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in the United States Abolitionism Juneteenth History of unfree labor in the United States Slave Trade Act Slavery Abolition Act 1833 Abolitionism in the...
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Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery...
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Greensboro The Abolitionist Seminar, summaries, lesson plans, documents and illustrations for schools; focus on United States American Abolitionism, summaries...
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The United States Electoral College was established by the U.S. Constitution, which was adopted in 1789, as part of the process for the indirect election...
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presidents of the United States Abolitionism in the United States District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (1862), which ended slavery in Washington...
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government-controlled systems. Scholar Dorothy Roberts takes the prison abolition movement in the United States to endorse three basic theses: "[T]oday’s carceral...
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In United States history, the gag rule was a series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives...
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The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...
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The treatment of slaves in the United States often included sexual abuse and rape, the denial of education, and punishments like whippings. Families were...
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on the African heritage of presidents of the United States, together with information on unsubstantiated claims that certain presidents of the United States...
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Juneteenth (redirect from Independence Day (Black United States))
federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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The history of abolitionism in Brazil goes back to the first attempt to abolish indigenous slavery in Brazil, in 1611, to its definitive abolition by the...
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In the United States, libertarianism is a political philosophy promoting individual liberty. According to common meanings of conservatism and liberalism...
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abolition of slavery and insisted it was a sin to enslave people. Further, abolitionism meant disunion and Adams was a staunch champion of American nationalism...
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History of slavery (redirect from Abolition of the Slave Trade)
organizations Abolitionism: Compensated emancipation International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition Abolitionism in the United States...
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The debate over capital punishment in the United States existed as early as the colonial period. As of April 2022, it remains a legal penalty within 28...
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U.S. state (redirect from States in the United States)
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...
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Before and after the election of Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States in 2008, the idea of a Black president has been...
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Abolitionism in the United States The Constitution of the United States: is it pro-slavery or anti-slavery...
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Pennsylvania's An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery of 1780 was the first legislative enactment in the United States. It specified that Every Negro...
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In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...
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In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's...
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The Libertarian Party (LP) is a classical liberal political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire...
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giving the land back to its former Confederate owners. Reparations have been a recurring idea in the politics of the United States, most recently in the 2020...
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The Radical Democracy Party was an abolitionist and anti-Confederate political party in the United States. The party was formed to contest the 1864 presidential...
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In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government...
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