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Faction of 'abolitionists' wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges
Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of abortion 'abolitionists' who want to punish women for having ...
Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But Jackson isn’t the only one of ...
An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges
Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for ...
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Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Slavery in the American colonies began in 1619 with ... The economic power generated by whaling helped fund the abolitionist movement in tangible ways. Wealthy Quaker merchants in whaling towns, ...