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  2. History of Clemson Tigers football - Wikipedia

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    It was the seventh bowl trip for a Clemson team and the sixth in 12 years. Howard said that Clemson's 23–7 triumph over seventh-ranked Texas Christian was the best performance he had ever witnessed by a Clemson team. [citation needed] In 1959 he was named Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and was accorded the honor again in 1966.

  3. Indentured servitude in British America - Wikipedia

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    Although experts do not agree on the causes of the decline, possible factors for the American colonies include changes in the labor market and the legal system that made it cheaper and less risky for an employer to hire African slave labor or paid employees, or made indentures unlawful; increased affordability of travel to North America that ...

  4. Slave trade in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The internal slave trade in the United States, also known as the domestic slave trade, the Second Middle Passage [1] and the interregional slave trade, [2] was the mercantile trade of enslaved people within the United States. It was most significant after 1808, when the importation of slaves from Africa was prohibited by federal law.

  5. History of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...

  6. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years.

  7. End of slavery in France - Wikipedia

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    In 1198, the Trinitarians were founded, with the purpose of redeeming war captives. This was one of the earliest steps towards eliminating slavery in France. In 1315, Louis X published a decree abolishing slavery and proclaiming that "France signifies freedom", with the effect that any slave setting foot on French soil should be freed. [4]

  8. History of the Quakers - Wikipedia

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    By 1792 states from Massachusetts to Virginia all had similar anti-slavery groups. From 1780 to 1804, slavery was largely abolished in all of New England, the Middle Atlantic states, and the North West territories. The Southern states, however, were still very prominent in keeping slavery running.

  9. 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 ...