slave
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There’s a key difference between a slave and an AI system: While the basic humanity of the former is self-evident, the claim that the latter might deserve moral consideration is speculative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The Moneyist: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
France abolished enslaving humans more than 170 years ago, and in 2001 recognised slavery and the slave trade as "crimes against humanity".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
On New Year’s Day in 1772, Jefferson married twenty-three-year-old Martha Wayles Skelton, daughter of John Wayles, an immigrant from England who had become a wealthy farmer, lawyer, and slave trader.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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"Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"
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Workshop 4, Part 1
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 4–8
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