The Truth About Slavery in Mauritania
Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized sl...
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Free Black Slaveowners in the United States During the 19th Century
Free Black Slaveowners in the United States During the 19th Century In 1830, around 3,775 free Black individuals in the United States owned enslaved people.
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TDSB blocks Nadia Murad school event
In late November 2021, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) superintendent Helen Fisher informed the organizer of a book club event that students would not be perm...
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Jerusalem Rabbi Arrested Slavery Case
In January 2020, a man described by Israeli authorities as a rabbi in his 60s was arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of running a closed religious community in which d...
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Israeli Polygamist Goel Ratzon Convicted Of Sex Crimes And Cleared Of Slavery Charge
Goel Ratzon Convicted Of Multiple Sexual Offenses And Acquitted Of Slavery Charge On August 8, 2014, the Tel Aviv District Court in Israel convicted **Goel ...
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Yazidi Genocide
Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. I...
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Timothy Jacob Wise
They hate white people “The goal of abolishing the White race is, on its face, so desirable that some may find i...
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The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Genti...
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Emancipation Proclamation
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states and redefining the Civil War as a stru...
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David Levy Yulee: Plantation Owner and Early Florida Politician
On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in...
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Haitian Revolution Starts
The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved Africans rose against French colonial rule, leading to the first successful abolition of slavery and creation of an independen...
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Barbary Pirates Kidnap Europeans For Slavery In North Africa And Ottoman Territories
European Captives Sold Into Slavery By Barbary Pirates From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa — including present-da...
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Ottoman expansion and conquest
The Ottoman Empire expanded from a small Anatolian principality into one of the largest empires in history. Between the fourteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ottom...
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Umayyad Forces Cross Into Iberia Beginning Moorish Rule In Parts Of Europe
Moorish Invasion Of The Iberian Peninsula On April 30, 711, Umayyad forces led by the Berber commander Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from ...
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Trans-Saharan Slave Trade Transported Millions Of Enslaved Africans Across The Sahara
Trans‑Saharan Slave Trade The Trans‑Saharan slave trade began around the mid‑7th century following the Treaty of Baqt in 652 CE, which established formal rela...
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Who Actually Built the Pyramids?
c. 2600–2500 BCE — Archaeology points toward organized Egyptian labor forces rather than armies of foreign slaves. Workers lived in settlements near Giza, received foo...
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Democracy — But Not for Everyone
Political participation was limited mainly to adult male citizens; women, enslaved people and foreigners were excluded.
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