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  2. Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom - Wikipedia

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    This timeline shows abolition laws or actions listed chronologically. It also covers the abolition of serfdom. Although slavery of non-prisoners is technically illegal in all countries today, the practice continues in many locations around the world, primarily in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, often with government support. [1]

  3. Oberlin–Wellington Rescue - Wikipedia

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    The marshal knew that many Oberlin residents were abolitionists, and the town and college were known for their radical anti-slavery stance. To avoid conflict with locals and to quickly get the slave to Columbus and en route to the slave's owner in Kentucky, the marshal quickly took Price to nearby Wellington, Ohio, to board a train.

  4. History of slavery in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    The federal district, which is legally part of no state and under the sole jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, permitted slavery until the American Civil War. For the history of the abolition of the slave trade in the district and the federal government's one and only compensated emancipation program, see slavery in the District of Columbia.

  5. Ohio Anti-Slavery Society - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society was originally created as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. [2] Its first meeting took place in Putnam, Ohio, in April of 1835, [3] and gathered delegates from 25 counties, along with four corresponding members from other states, William T. Allan, James G. Birney, James A. Thome and Ebenezer Martin. [4]

  6. African Americans in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .

  7. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    Slavery played a notable role in the economy of the Byzantine Empire. Many slaves were sourced from wars within the Mediterranean and Europe while others were sourced from trading with Vikings visiting the empire. Slavery's role in the economy and the power of slave owners slowly diminished while laws gradually improved the rights of slaves.

  8. Prohibition in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

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    On May 5, 1985, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published in all newspapers in the Soviet Union the ruling named "On the measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism". On June 1, the sale of alcohol was restricted to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the time of that prohibition, 140,000 hectares of vineyards were destroyed.

  9. Timeline of the abolition of slavery - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Timeline of the abolition of slavery