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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
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The United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation
Politics / Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
A Confederate general stated in 1862 that North ... It abolished slavery in the United States, and now, with the end of the war, four million African Americans were free. Thousands of former ...
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Emancipation Proclamation
No Confederate states took the offer ... the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." The Emancipation Proclamation did ...
Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’
Military bases should not be named "for traitors to our country but instead honor American heroes like Novosel," she wrote ...
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In reinstating 'Fort Bragg,' the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...
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Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ...
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In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...