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Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement was established in 1532, as members of one tribe would enslave captured members of another. [ 147 ] Later, Portuguese colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labour during the initial phases of settlement to maintain the subsistence economy, and natives were often ...
A United Nations laissez-passer (UNLP or LP) is a diplomatic travel document issued by the United Nations under the provisions of Article VII of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations [1] in its offices in New York City and Geneva, as well as by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Refugee travel documents issued by the Government of Canada cannot be used for travel to the bearer’s country of citizenship, [6] and a refugee travel document issued by another country is not treated as a valid passport for the purposes of obtaining an Electronic Travel Authorization to visit Canada. Given that bearers of refugee travel ...
According to Mohammed Ennaji, the ownership gave the master a right "to punish one's slave". [124] In Islam, a child inherited slavery if he or she was born to a slave mother and slave father. [125] However, if the child was born to a slave mother and her owner master, then the child was free.
At the law school's bicentennial in 2017, President Drew Faust, Dean John Manning, and Professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a new commemorative plaque to the slaves who helped build the schools. Faust said of the law school, "How fitting that you should begin your bicentennial with this ceremony reminding us that the path toward justice is ...
Among the categories of parole are port-of-entry parole, humanitarian parole, parole in place, removal-related parole, and advance parole (typically requested by persons inside the United States who need to travel outside the U.S. without abandoning status, such as applicants for LPR status, holders of and applicants for TPS, and individuals with other forms of parole).
Economics professor John Strauss said the case against him was closed, students' complaints would be dismissed and that he would face no formal discipline. USC drops complaints, won't discipline ...
The Senate denied their request and sent federal agents to abolish slavery. But the years from 1864 to 1866 saw an expansion rather than a decline of Native American enslavement in New Mexico. This was a consequence of the Long Walk of the Navajo , during which the federal government organized some 53 separate death marches of Navajo from their ...