The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs
farms documented by Food Chains movie Do you care about who grows your food - and in what conditions these farm laborers work? A new movie called Food Chains releases in the U.S. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and recently played at the Napa Valley Film Festival, and by the reaction in the Napa Valley Register, certainly prompted strong debate
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Emancipation Proclamation - American Civil War - HISTORY.com
The legal framework of slavery would still exist in the former Confederate states as well as in the Union slave states that had been exempted from the proclamation. Benjamin Butler, commander of Union forces occupying a foothold in Virginia at Fortress Monroe on the mouth of the James River, provided a legal rationale for the seizure of slave property
Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean by the most central and practicable route is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction, and as an auxiliary thereto, to the immediate construction of an emigrant road on the line of the railroad. Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and cooperation of the men of all parties, however differing from us in other respects, in support of the principles herein declared; and believing that the spirit of our institutions as well as the Constitution of our country, guarantees liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legislation impairing their security
It was rare among primitive peoples, such as the hunter-gatherer societies, because for slavery to flourish, social differentiation or stratification was essential. A variant on the selling of children was the exposure, either real or fictitious, of unwanted children, who were then rescued by others and made slaves
The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two-thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President
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