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Trivia about slavery

  • In his debates with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln called it “A moral, social, and political evil”
  • In an 1864 letter, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "If" this "is not wrong, nothing is wrong"
  • Brazil abolished this in 1888, 23 years after the United States
  • The British Empire abolished this practice August 1, 1834, decades before the U.S.
  • December 2 is International Day for the Abolition of this, which didn't disappear in 1865
  • James G. Birney's 1844 Liberty Party was against this practice
  • As president, Martin assured the South he would protect this "peculiar institution" where it existed
  • "Bleeding Kansas" was so named because of violence over this issue in the 1850s
  • Though the Pres. doesn't have to okay amendments, Lincoln approved the 13th amendment, outlawing this
  • National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this
  • Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton got the idea to fight for women's rights at an 1840 convention against this
  • Though a northern state, N.J. didn't abolish it until 1860
  • John C. Calhoun was so pro-this he was called "The Napoleon of" it
  • He was president of the 1st society to press for its abolition
  • Ben's last public act was to sign a petition to Congress urging the abolition of this
  • Part of Key's solution to this problem was helping found the American Colonization Society
  • Subject of Daniel Webster's March 7, 1850 & Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speeches
  • This trade in Africans was long practiced by Arabs but increased with the New World's plantations
  • In 1865 the Constitution was changed to abolish this practice
  • 23 years after the United States did so, Brazil abolished this in 1888
  • Ironically, in 1641, Massachusetts became 1st colony to legalize this practice
  • Despite declaring, "Men are born... with equal rights" the Assembly voted to allow this to continue in the colonies
  • Lawrence, Kansas was founded by people opposed to this practice
  • As an old man in 1787, Ben Franklin took on the presidency of a "Society for Promoting the Abolition of" this
  • One of my last public acts was signing a 1790 petition to Congress urging the abolition of this
  • As it permitted this practice, William Lloyd Garrison branded the Constitution "a covenant with death"
  • In 1901 Booker T. Washington published his now-classic autobiography "Up from" this
  • Patrick Henry asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and" this
  • Henry Wilson, later Grant's VP, left the Whigs & the Know-Nothings because of their soft stands on this issue
  • In 1836 the Grimke sisters pioneered women's right to speak in public when they flounced around denouncing this
  • One of Whittier's many works attacking this begins, "Our fellow-countrymen in chains!"
  • This, said Wm. L. Garrison, "will not be overthrown without...a most tremendous excitement."
  • Sometimes credited with inventing the torpedo, Andre Reboucas helped torpedo this in Brazil; it was abolished in 1888

Tweets about slavery

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  • "Emancipate Yourselves From Drug Slavery - #Canada." #Cannabis #DrugWar poster. Agree? RT. End #WarBetweenDrugs
  • Founding Fathers' Words Reveal 2nd Amendment Was... To Preserve Slavery?