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  2. Wilson Chinn - Wikipedia

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    The "branded slave" photograph of Chinn with "VBM" (the initials of his owner, Volsey B. Marmillion) branded on his forehead, wearing a punishment collar, and posing with other equipment used to punish slaves became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most ...

  3. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    [149] Upper Canada passed the Act Against Slavery in 1793, one of the earliest anti-slavery acts in the world. [150] The institution was formally banned throughout most of the British Empire, including the Canadas in 1834, after the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 in the British parliament.

  4. Renty Taylor - Wikipedia

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    They are the earliest known photographs of slaves. [4] [5] [3] [6] Agassiz left the images to Harvard and they remained in the Peabody Museum’s attic until 1976 when they were re-discovered by Ellie Reichlin. In 1852, Renty and his daughter's names appeared on a probate inventory of Benjamin Franklin Taylor's slaves. [7]

  5. Animated Frederick Douglass calls slavery a 'compromise' in ...

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    PragerU video draws backlash for depicting Frederick Douglass in an animation calling slavery a compromise between the Founding Fathers and the Southern colonies for the benefit of the U.S.

  6. Not My Life - Wikipedia

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    Not My Life is a documentary film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery.It addresses many forms of slavery, [1] including the military use of children in Uganda, involuntary servitude in the United States, unfree labor in Ghana, forced begging and garbage picking in India, sex trafficking in Europe and Southeast Asia, and other kinds of child abuse.

  7. European enslavement of Indigenous Americans - Wikipedia

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    The royal anti-slavery crusade did not end the enslavement of Indigenous people in Spain's American possessions, but, in addition to resulting in the freeing of thousands of enslaved people, it ended the involvement and facilitation by government officials of enslaving by the Spanish; purchase of slaves remained possible but only from ...

  8. Forced labour - Wikipedia

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    Slavery was common in many ancient societies, including ancient Egypt, Babylon, Persia, ancient Greece, Rome, ancient China, the pre-modern Muslim world, as well as many societies in Africa and the Americas. Being sold into slavery was a common fate of populations that were conquered in wars.

  9. Nikki Haley has called out prejudice but rejected systemic ...

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    Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event on Jan. 27, 2024, in Mauldin, S.C. (Photo by Matt Kelley, AP, File)