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Prostitute Resists Her Chance for Freedom
New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof chose two Cambodian prostitutes and attempted to buy their freedom from their brothel owners. He selected young ...
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William Wilberforce's Long Fight Against Slavery
In the middle of the eighteenth century, Christians became increasingly concerned about the slave trade. They amassed information on the inhumane treatment ...
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Providence at Battle of Antietam
As the dispirited Army of the Potomac moved north from Washington, D.C., in early September 1862, few who marched in its ranks or served in the government ...
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Businessman Takes a Stand on Slave Labor
In 1524, Martin Luther said, "Among themselves the merchants have a common rule which is their chief maxim, I care nothing about my neighbor; so ...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Freedom
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Michelangelo's Unfinished Sculptures
Visitors to a museum in Rome might be struck by four partially finished sculptures. These were figures Michelangelo originally intended to use on the ...
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Enron Employee Loses Big but Feels Set Free
The May 2002 issue of Fast Company tells the stories of five people who worked for Enron, the company that in 2001 filed for the largest bankruptcy in ...
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"The Matrix": Unseen Reality
In the science fiction movie, The Matrix, the real world has been taken over by computers that keep humans in bondage by creating a false reality in their ...
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Frederick Douglass on Escaping Slavery
Frederick Douglass grew up as a slave in Maryland in the early nineteenth century and experienced slavery's every brutality. He was taken from his ...
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Runaway Courage
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She immediately became involved in the abolitionist movement, organizing meetings, speaking against slavery, ...
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