In 1807, Thomas Jefferson enacted a law prohibiting the slave trade in North America in the hopes that this would bring about an eventual end to the practice. In the northern states, slavery was ended and banned in many of them, but the practice was central to the economy of southern stat...
Immediately after the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade, most often considered to have begun in 1807 with the act abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire as the British held the power of the seas and a significant number of African colonies, the African ...
After the man at Planned Parenthood said, “I wish my mom had had the right to abort me,” I’m embarrassed to admit that the instinctive part of me wanted to snarkily reply, “Well, your self-survival instinct is really kicking in, isn’t it!” I’m thankful to say that I only ...
Although it is generally believed that indentured servants, as a whole, were treated better and more fairly than slaves, that is not completely true. Some indentured servants were treated kindly by their “owners”, while others were physically abused and had no rights in the eyes of whoever ...
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Cuba is an island nation of approximately 42,000 square miles lying off the southern coast of Florida. Cuba became a colony of Spain in the 15th century and remained one until achieving independence in 1902.Answer and Explanation: The immediate cause of the Cuban War of Independence in 1895 ...