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  2. Slavery in medieval Europe - Wikipedia

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    Other historians argue that the end of slavery came from the royalty, who gave serfs freedom through edicts and legislation in an attempt to broaden their tax base. [189] The absence of serfdom in some parts of medieval Europe raises several questions.

  3. Slavery in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    In August 1932 the emperor founded the Slavery Department under Likamakuas Mangasha and Lej Alemayu Tene, with the task to supervise the implementation of the new anti-slavery laws and the slavery courts: all slaves were to be registered, refugee slaves were not to be persecuted, slave trade were prohibited, no one were henceforth to be born in ...

  4. History of the Quakers - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, a theological seminary, Earlham School of Religion, was founded in FUM's heartland—Richmond, Indiana—to offer ministerial training and religious education. [55] The seminary soon came to enroll significant numbers of unprogrammed Friends, as well as Friends from pastoral backgrounds. [citation needed]

  5. Emancipation Proclamation - Wikipedia

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    As Lincoln had hoped, the proclamation turned foreign popular opinion in favor of the Union by gaining the support of anti-slavery countries and countries that had already abolished slavery (especially the developed countries in Europe such as the United Kingdom and France). This shift ended the Confederacy's hopes of gaining official recognition.

  6. History of slavery in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the proclamation depended on the Union's victory to be enforced, and Mississippi remained a stronghold of the Confederacy until the end of the war. [20] [19] As a result, the proclamation did not end slavery in Mississippi, and many enslaved people remained in slavery until the Thirteenth Amendment. [19]

  7. History of Cleveland - Wikipedia

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    A battle ensued on the bridge, with two men seriously wounded before the county sheriff arrived to stop the conflict and make arrests. The confrontation could have escalated into all out war between Cleveland and Ohio City, but was avoided by a court injunction. [19] The two cities eventually made amends, and Ohio City was annexed by Cleveland ...

  8. History of Clemson Tigers football - Wikipedia

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    The only loss came in Week 2 against SEC power Georgia, and, after a Gator Bowl win over No. 20 Ohio State, Clemson posted its second-best final AP poll finish in school history with a No. 6 ranking. In both seasons, Clemson earned berths to the Gator Bowl, although Pell left before the latter game.

  9. Slavery as a positive good in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It came to us in a low, degraded, and savage condition, and in the course of a few generations it has grown up under the fostering care of our institutions. [21] The concept of slavery as a positive good came to the forefront in Calhoun's February 6, 1837, speech on the US Senate floor.