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Slavery The practice in which one person owns another person, or at least that person's labor. In either case, the owner does not compensate the slave for his/her work. Slavery is one of the world's oldest institutions. In the modern world, it is considered one of the most egregious human rights violations. It is illegal in nearly every country, but still exists. In the present, it is strongly associated with sexual trafficking and forced domestic servants. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In his Peoria speech, Lincoln outlined with the thoroughness and exactness of a trained historian the history of debate over the slavery issue, and exactly how and when the country's Founders showed themselves averse to slavery's expansion and even its existence. The New York Times' current diplomatic correspondent and a foreign correspondent for twelve years at The Wall Street Journal, Cooper is descended from freed American slaves who in 1820 returned to Africa rather than remain in a country divided about the slavery issue but united in the belief that freed and enslaved African-Americans could not easily co-exist in one nation. I believe it is time the slavery issue (although this was a disgraceful time in our history), be put into the context of the early 19th century. |
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