slavery
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Slavery in the U.S. wouldn’t be officially abolished until 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Slavery also grew in the Islamic world of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, we learn, and in sub-Saharan Africa during the first millennium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Slavery was formally abolished in Suriname and other Dutch-held lands on July 1, 1863, but only ended in 1873 after a 10-year "transition" period.
From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025
Full emancipation for enslaved people in the British Empire, excluding some exceptions like the East India Company, was granted by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Slavery, we were taught, was a distant and unfortunate period in American history and had led to the Civil War.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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