Thesaurus / slave
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While the finds from the genetic study are largely supported by established narratives and historic records of the transatlantic slave trade, there were also inconsistencies.
WHY SO MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE NIGERIAN ANCESTRYUWAGBALE EDWARD-EKPUAUGUST 10, 2020QUARTZLawmakers, in fact, passed the Fugitive Slave Act two years after statehood, creating a legal mechanism for the return of slaves to their owners.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: REPARATIONS BILL MARCHES FORWARDSARA LIBBY AND JESSE MARXJULY 31, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOFor the first half of the 19th century, the Senate was a bulwark for the South, with an equal balance of slave and free states despite the growing Northern population advantage.
THE SENATE HAS ALWAYS FAVORED SMALLER STATES. IT JUST DIDN’T HELP REPUBLICANS UNTIL NOW.LEE DRUTMAN (DRUTMAN@NEWAMERICA.ORG)JULY 29, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe Republican Party was the party of Lincoln, the emancipated slaves.
SHOULD AMERICA (AND FIFA) PAY REPARATIONS? (EP. 426)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJULY 16, 2020FREAKONOMICSAccording to various estimates, almost 17,000 people among the peak 50,000 population were slaves – who not only worked in households but also in the harbor and storage facilities.
OSTIA ANTICA: RECONSTRUCTION AND HISTORY OF THE HARBOR CITY OF ANCIENT ROMEDATTATREYA MANDALAPRIL 14, 2020REALM OF HISTORYGallinas, the noted slave factory on the west of Africa, purchased by the Liberian republic.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLIf he is indifferent to my happiness, and unjust to the woman I love, I will no longer work like a slave for him.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEAlthough the number of slaves in the Brazils is very great, there is nowhere such a thing as a slave-market.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERIn Brazil, the slave-trade exists in full force; in Cuba, it is unmitigated in its extent and horrors.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSIn 1813, some disputes arose between the court of Rio and England on account of the slave trade.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMWORDS RELATED TO SLAVE
- assay
- attempt
- bend over backwards
- break one's back
- break one's neck
- cope
- dig
- endeavor
- exert oneself
- give it one's best shot
- give the old college try
- go all out
- grind
- hassle
- have one's nose to grindstone
- hustle
- make every effort
- offer
- plug
- plug away
- scratch
- seek
- slave
- strain
- strive
- sweat
- tackle
- take a crack
- take a stab
- take on
- toil
- try
- try one's hardest
- undertake
- work like a dog
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