slavery
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"It's like being fired," Leandro Hidalgo, a delivery driver and union representative, told AFP, accusing the platforms of "financial slavery."
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
In March, a resolution was passed at the United Nations recognising slavery as "the greatest crime against humanity" - though the United States voted against the resolution and every European nation abstained from the vote.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
However unlikely a candidate he might have been, Lincoln as president preserved the union and helped bring about the end of slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Constitutional Union Party proposed to save the nation, he noted, “by ignoring all the rugged issues of the day”—there was no direct mention of slavery in its platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
From the country’s earliest days, slavery was an undeniable fact of American life.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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