slavery
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Having sworn never to be taken back to slavery alive—or to let that happen to anyone else—he had organized an armed self-defense force of black neighbors to fend off slave catchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
What happened next changed the young United States, forcing people to question the line between law — which protected slavery — and justice, which demanded resistance to that law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The boy was referred to the Home Office National Referral Mechanism - which ensures support is given to victims of modern slavery - and it was concluded he had been a "victim of exploitation".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A memo Barton wrote this year, reviewed by the Journal, shows him pushing teachers to preserve third-grade lessons on “Moses, Hebrew slavery, the Exodus, and the Promised Land.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
This book is about how the threads of slavery were woven deeply into almost every aspect of American society for centuries.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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