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  2. List of Michigan area codes - Wikipedia

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    Michigan's numbering plan expanded from three area codes in 1947 to twelve: 1947: Area codes 313, 517 and 616 are three of the original 86 area codes in the North American Numbering Plan. 1961: Area code 906 was created in the first split of 616. 1993: Area code 810 was created in the first split of 313. 1997: Area code 734 was created in the ...

  3. Slave states and free states - Wikipedia

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    By 1804 (including New York (1799) and New Jersey (1804)), all of the Northern states had abolished slavery or set measures in place to gradually abolish it, [3] [5] although there were still hundreds of ex-slaves working without pay as indentured servants in Northern states as late as the 1840 census (see Slavery in the United States# ...

  4. History of slavery in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Slavery was banned throughout the British Empire, including Canada, due to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Two years later, there were two slaves in Monroe County and one in Cass County. Slavery was banned in Michigan Territory in 1835, with its first Constitution of Michigan in the runup to statehood (1837). [14]

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

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    Massachusetts was for intents and purposes a free state with total abolition from the American Revolution forward. [9] Maine: USA: February 7, 1865: March 15, 1820 (statehood) [10] The pre-statehood District of Maine was legally a part of Massachusetts; Maine was admitted as Missouri's free-state "twin" under the Missouri Compromise. Michigan

  6. Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom - Wikipedia

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    Last remaining seigneurial privileges over peasants abolished. [84] 1791 Poland-Lithuania: The Constitution of May 3, 1791 introduced elements of political equality between townspeople and nobility, and placed the peasants under the protection of the government; thus, it mitigated the worst abuses of serfdom. 1791 France

  7. Serfdom - Wikipedia

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    The first steps towards abolition of serfdom were enacted in the Constitution of 3 May 1791, and it was essentially eliminated by the PoĊ‚aniec Manifesto. However, these reforms were partly nullified by the partition of Poland. Frederick the Great had abolished serfdom in the territories he gained from the first partition of Poland.

  8. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, issues the Serfdom Patent of 1781, to abolish serfdom throughout the Habsburg lands. 1791 (United States) Philadelphia carpenters conduct first strike in the building trades in the United States. [1] 1792 (United States) Philadelphia has first local union in the United States organized to conduct collective ...

  9. End of slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On 22 August 1791, the Haitian Revolution began; it concluded in 1804 with the independence of Haiti. Slavery in Haiti thus came to an end, and Haiti became the second country on the planet that abolished slavery (after the United Kingdom in 1772).