Stephens and advocated states' rights and the extension of slavery to western territories. Toombs supported the Compromise of 1850, but later advocated secession. Toombs had emotive oratory and a strong physical presence, but his intemperate habits and volatile personality limited his career. In the...
Abraham Lincoln, also known as Honest Abe, may be credited with abolishing slavery in the South, but his legacy is somewhat complicated. In 1862, Lincoln held a "Deputation of Free Negroes" meeting at the White House, where he hosted five prominent Black Americans. During the meeting, Lincoln...
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The author’s descriptions of violence were jarring, yes, but to tone it down would have been a disservice to the light that she wanted to shine on the world of human trafficking. Sex slavery, after all, is still rampant in every corner of the globe. More so now, when people are reso...
Lloyd Garrison startedan abolitionist paper, The Liberator. In 1832, he helped form the New England Anti-Slavery Society. When the Civil War broke out, he continued to blast the Constitution as a pro-slavery document. When the civil war ended, he, at last, saw the abolition of slavery. ...
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the United States. Woodhull was known for her radicalism as a woman suffrage activist and her role in a sex scandal involving a noted preacher of the time, Henry Ward Beecher. ...
drivers, gangs, and drugs. The line of banners stretched as far as I could see. I thought of my own grandchildren who, while not prone to taking drugs, might be enticed to “try” a phony Percocet as an experiment. I thought of the sex slaves and laborers—the modern slavery—and I...
Great Britain was the main instigator of slavery in the world but they abolished slavery in 1807 and anyone who set foot on English shore was a free person! LikeLike Reply Henrietta Vinton Davis says: February 9, 2014 at 1:17 pm It’s not the anger or hatred here Catherine, it is...
this time against his old rival Stephen A. Douglas. In June Lincoln gave what is perhaps one of his most cited oratories, the “House Divided” speech. Once again he warned that the Kansas-Nebraska Act had opened the country to expansion of slavery—not just in the territories, but throug...
One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them. —Martin Luther King, Jr. 72