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  2. Iago's manipulativeness and character - Wikipedia

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    Othello, a General in the Venetian army, promotes a young officer, Michael Cassio, enraging Iago—the General's ensign—who expected the post himself. Outwardly loyal to Othello and his recently married wife, Desdemona, Iago proceeds to cause dissension within Othello's camp (for instance, tuning Othello's new father-in-law against him, and causing Cassio to fight another officer).

  3. Iago - Wikipedia

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    Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio.

  4. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, [1] as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a slave power ...

  5. Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States - Wikipedia

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    The new laws, combined with geopolitical stability and peace in the Caribbean region, caused a decline in the slave trade after 1820. [3] By the 1830s, active anti-slavery patrols by both the U.S. and Royal Navies were in operation of the coast of West Africa. Despite the patrols and legal strictures on slave shipments from outside the United ...

  6. Compromise of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    According to historian Mark Stegmaier, "The Fugitive Slave Act, the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, the admission of California as a free state, and even the application of the formula of popular sovereignty to the territories were all less important than the least remembered component of the Compromise of 1850—the ...

  7. A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder ...

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    In new book, Michael Thurmond makes a case that Georgia’s colonial founder “helped breathe life” into the abolitionist movement, notion […] The post A Black author takes a new look at ...

  8. WHERE ARE THEY NOW: All 165 cast members in 'Saturday ... - AOL

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    Dan Aykroyd was one of the original "Not Ready for Primetime Players," aka the first cast of "Saturday Night Live."He was originally hired as a writer but was made part of the cast before the show ...

  9. Crittenden Compromise - Wikipedia

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    The compromise proposed six constitutional amendments and four congressional resolutions. Crittenden introduced the package on December 18. [1] It was tabled on December 31.. It guaranteed the permanent existence of slavery in the slave states and addressed Southern demands in regard to fugitive slaves and slavery in the District of Columbia.