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...by the president. I realise that Lincoln played a large role in abolishing slavery, but still this phrasing enhances the laudatory tone. ...icans during this period seems to emphasise their principled opposition to slavery in a way that strikes me as slightly dubious ... however, I'm not an expert

...ct to limit slavery prohibited importing new slaves, it did not affect the slavery of individuals in captivity from prior to its imposition. They tried, for | url = http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/slavery/peggy.aspx

...a specific article on contemporary human trafficking. There is a minimal [[slavery]] article, and perhaps some legal framework in [[extrajudicial detention]].

Washington was born into slavery to a white father and a black slave mother on a rural farm in southwestern ...ican citizens. Representing the last generation of black leaders born into slavery, he was credible when speaking publicly and seeking educational improvement

*———. ''An Address on the Slavery of the Negroes in America. Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settle ...the Slavery of the Negroes in America, In Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled, ”Slavery not forbidden by Scripture; or, A defence of the West-India planters from t

...theory]] presumably could establish other crimes such as [[piracy]] and [[slavery]]. It is the successor to ''ad hoc'' judicial processes such as the [[Inter

...onstant advocate of nationalistic measures, Although he did not approve of slavery he supported the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820. ==Fighting against slavery==

...ation in Pennsylvania, national Republican leader in the struggles against slavery in the United States and intrepid mainstay of the attempt to secure racial ...peal it in December. In August, 1861, he supported the first law attacking slavery, the Confiscation Act that said owners would forfeit any slaves they allowe

...ecause it could not keep together its northern and southern wings when the slavery issue came to dominate politics. ...neral [[Zachary Taylor]], the Whigs papered over their deepening splits on slavery, and won.

...lavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Slavery-Frontier-Mississippi-1720-1835-David/dp/1578065992/ref=sr_1_4/103-4827826-5 * Sydnor, Charles S. ''Slavery in Mississippi.'' (1933).

...step toward better treatment of the colored races, or every mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistent

...eople of [[Africa]]n ancestry, formed in 1804. A symbol of hope for many [[slavery|slaves]] in the [[United States of America]], Haiti also became a bone of c

...ided. The Jacksonian Era lasted roughly from Jackson's election until the slavery issue became dominant after 1850 and the [[American Civil War]] dramaticall ...]], however, argued for limitations on expansion to avoid the expansion of slavery within the Union. The Whigs generally opposed Manifest Destiny and expansi

...in the District of Columbia. This Emancipation Proclamation put an end to slavery within the capital city, and Philip Reid became a free man.

...s Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis over Slavery.'' U. of Missouri Press, 2006. 224 pp. * Striner, Richard. ''Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery.'' (2006). 295 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Father-Abraham-Lincolns-Relentle

Rum was associated with black slavery as part of the "[[Triagular trade|Triangle Trade]]". Rum was one of the go

...ey experience a series of misfortunes: pirates, shipwreck, being sold into slavery or buried alive-- or, more usually, a number of these. The ''[[Aethiopica]] ...superior, to the culture of western Europe, while the slave trade, if not slavery, is clearly condemned.

...o Owsley, the position of the South vis-à-vis the North was created not by slavery, cotton, or states' rights, but by the two regions' misunderstanding of eac

...lliam. ''Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society: White Liberty and Black Slavery in Augusta's Hinterlands'' (1985) ...Colonial Virginia'' (1975). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/american-slavery-american-freedom-the-ordeal-of-colonial-virginia-by-edmund-s-morgan.jsp onl

...ation is needed for the statement "most legal authorities had in fact held slavery illegal in England since the early 17th century." especially in view of the