Tag: slavery
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December 21, 2009 07:59 AM EST --
author: Geraldine Brooks
The library book club was discussing this book the day I returned from vacation. Although I'd had this on my wishlist, I ended up hearing the discussion BEFORE reading . . .
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May 19, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
For many years, and especially in the 1600's, the Irish were the main source of slaves sent from England to America and the West Indies. Did you know that?
I am Irish by heritage, and until recently, . . .
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June 15, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
Sally had helped Mr. John's family on numerous occasions. She had adored his first wife, God rest her soul. His new wife had proven to be quite lazy. So, when he pleaded for Sally's . . .
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July 30, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
One half of Congress says it's sorry for slavery. I'm so glad. With everything these guys have on their plate to take time to pass a resolution with no value whatsoever is such a treat for me. . . .
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February 08, 2009 12:10 PM EST --
by now i could easily pass for french.....this was a
good thing because there was one price for arabs, one
price for the french and the highest price of all for
americans......
when my mother, . . .
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April 22, 2009 08:37 PM EDT --
-Said Edmund Burke “ Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil,”
But the South must change, for southern land will soon spoil.
-Northern factories depend on Southern cotton
But . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
It certainly isn't chattel slavery - but there is more than one type of slavery. Migrant workers get low wages, no benefits, and if they are hurt so they can't work anymore they . . .
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August 10, 2008 08:25 AM EDT --
When Islam came, slavery was common among all nations, slaves hadn't no right.
Islam has laid down many legislations to eliminate slavery progressievely. Among these are the following: . . .
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August 23, 2009 06:20 PM EDT --
No more excuses, no more myths.
Canadian author and award winning journalist Victor Malarek pulls no punches in his latest book " The Johns: Sex for Sale and the . . .
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August 18, 2009 12:00 PM EDT --
Some of you may remember reviewing this article for me, but I've not posted it in its entirety on here before. It is so long, that I'm only going to share the beginning, and invite you to go to Irish . . .
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December 21, 2009 12:37 PM EST --
the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president's fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, . . .
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February 25, 2007 12:58 PM EST --
Regrets For Past Deeds
Virginia’s official apology for it’s role in slavery got me thinking. This entry may not be very popular with some of my readers, and I am sorry if it offends. . . .
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April 25, 2007 09:06 PM EDT --
Tattoo Mine
I take back this body
It is mine to do with as I please.
Cover it with flowers and feathers.
I will mark it with ancient symbols.
It will be mine.
Luscious power springs into . . .
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December 09, 2008 11:26 AM EST --
Financial Times Editorial Admits Agenda For Dictatorial World Government
The Financial Times, one of the most respected and widely read newspapers on the planet, features an editorial today that openly . . .
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January 06, 2009 02:33 PM EST --
In the 1680's the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, vrulent religious and class divisions, prejudice, and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery . . .
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April 07, 2007 07:41 AM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
Someone had commented about the numbers of people who are snatched up from goat farms, or fields and not heard from again. That got me to thinking. . . .
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September 08, 2006 09:29 AM EDT --
Human Trafficking: Crime of the Centuries
Buying & selling human beings has been around since the dawn of time. Men fought, took prisoners, made them work & used them sexually as they wanted. . . .
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May 29, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
India: 93 Children Rescued From Slave Labor
By Chandni Tandon
Bal Ashram staffer
22 May 2007, New Delhi: Delhi's top jewelery brands are now under question for flourishing their business . . .
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October 27, 2007 03:49 PM EDT --
There is a slave market operating right under our' noses. Sex slavery is thriving in our'towns and cities. Foreign women and girls are being prostituted, exploited and abused. People need to . . .
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September 25, 2006 09:34 PM EDT --
Recently when looking through Ljdrama, I noticed an new version of the old tale. A non-lesbian female posts something in some feminist community that mentions her sexuality, and out comes the bitching. . . .
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