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• Directory:Article Heaven/Ancient Roman society
  ...y viewed as [[social hierarchy|hierarchical]], with [[slavery in antiquity|slaves]] (''servi'') at the bottom, [[freedman|freedmen]] (''liberti'') above them ...military service and are often described as being just barely above freed slaves in terms of wealth and prestige.
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• Directory:Mississippi
  ...abor to operate the large cotton plantations. By 1860, Mississippi's black slaves outnumbered white people 437,000 to 354,000. Slavery had become an intense ...th control of the Mississippi River. Two years later the war ended and all slaves were freed at the end of the war. Mississippi was placed under military con
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• Directory:Delaware
  ...of free blacks increased. Many citizens of Delaware favored manumission of slaves and belonged to the American Colonization Society, but there were few who s ...ght. Over his lifetime, Garrett reportedly helped more than 2,000 fugitive slaves move through Delaware, an important stop on the Underground Railroad.
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• Directory:Logic Museum/Augustine City of God
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• Directory:South Carolina
  ...e coastal lowcountry, growing profitable crops of rice and indigo. African slaves were brought into the colony in large numbers to provide labor for the plan ...lves without money or political power, while the large population of freed slaves sought to improve their economic and political positions. When federal troo
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...irteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] freed all remaining slaves in rebel states more than thirty-nine years before the death of his wife in ...sented the strength of abolitionism, grossly exaggerated the likelihood of slaves' massacring white families, and seemed to condone secession.
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• Directory:Missouri
  In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott Decision that slaves were considered property. This historic decision increased tension between * In 1865 Missouri became the first slave state to free its slaves.
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• Directory:Virginia
  ...n 1619 on a Dutch ship), most of whom were indentured servants rather than slaves. The freeholders, together with the merchant class (from which were descend ...ed further importation of slaves. A liberal law for formal emancipation of slaves was passed in 1782 and remained in force for more than 20 years. In 1786 a
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• Directory:Tennessee
  Although slaves were numerous in W Tennessee, and to a lesser extent in Middle Tennessee, a ...aded by Brownlow. An amendment to the state constitution of 1834 freed the slaves, and, with ex-Confederates disfranchised and radical Republicans in control
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• Directory:George Washington
  ...l legislature, the [[House of Burgesses]], beginning in 1758,<ref>Acreage, slaves, and social standing: Joseph Ellis, ''His Excellency, George Washington'', ...ing cloth, and distilling brandy. By the time of his death, there were 317 slaves at Mount Vernon.
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• Directory:James Madison
  ...ract of land.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} Madison, like his forebears, owned slaves. ...ount included slaves even though slaves could not vote. Westerners had few slaves, while the Eastern planters had many, and thus the vote of a white easterne
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• Directory:South Africa
  ...loured " is still largely used for the people of mixed race descended from slaves brought in from East and Central Africa, the indigenous Khoisan who lived i
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• Directory:Arkansas
  ...osperity, and by 1860 had a population of 435,000, 25 percent of whom were slaves. The majority of the residents were planters who lived in the rich bottomla
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• New Year's Eve
  ...nificance to [[African Americans]] on New Year's Eve [[1862]], however, as slaves eagerly awaited the arrival of [[January 1]], [[1863]] -- the effective dat
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• Directory:Rhode Island
  ...center of the colony, thriving especially on the triangular trade in rum, slaves, and molasses. Rhode Island, like other colonies, objected to British merca
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• Directory:Andrew Johnson
  ...g to tradition and local lore, on Aug. 8, 1863, Johnson freed his personal slaves.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12586299 Tenness ...e soldiers, whom these men forced into battle to protect their property in slaves."<ref>[http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/holden/holden.html "Memoirs of W.W. Hold
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• Directory:Indiana
  ...estimated that they provided overnight lodging for more than 2,000 runaway slaves who were making their way north to Canada and freedom.
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• Directory:Zachary Taylor
  The slavery issue dominated Taylor's short term. Although he owned slaves, he took a moderate stance on the territorial expansion of slavery, angerin
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• Directory:Louisiana
  ...ding 147 male colonists, 65 female colonists, 38 children, 28 servants, 73 slaves and 21 Indians.
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• Directory:Thomas Jefferson
  ...5,000 acres (20 km²) of land and dozens of [[slavery in the United States|slaves]]. He built his home there, which eventually became known as [[Monticello]] ...ographers point out that Jefferson was deep in debt and had encumbered his slaves by notes and mortgages; he chose not to free them until he finally was debt
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