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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jul 24

I came across this title in an article I read recently. It seems there are very few first-hand accounts from any of the millions of men, women and children who were enslaved in America in times gone by. In most states, slaves were...

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Interesting Facts to Ponder

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 24 Jan 23

* You cannot snore and dream at the same time. * James Buchanan, who was our 15th president, continually bought slaves with his own money in order to free them. * It would take a sloth one month to travel one mile. * About...

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Short Story: Personal Enslavement: A Sufi Shiek speaks out.

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 23 May 22

The Sufi Shiek, Wolesk Verborski, was talking to his students about how most people can become enslaved to something, or another, in their lives. "Even being enslaved to nothing, is being enslaved to something," he...

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If You Would Abort a Baby...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 18 May 19

If you would abort a baby you would have whipped slaves, and gasses Jewish people too. All three attrocities have been "legal" and considered a "right" by people who justified it because the victims weren't considered human...

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Do You Agree That We Have Become Slaves Of Electric Power Today?

AKRao24 @AKRao24 (27422) • India 15 May 18

Today the electric power is generated by using a turbine which was invented, by Sir Charles Parsons, in 1884. This invention has creation a revolution in the World and soon people have...

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I Found It And They Slaves Like The Rest Of Us

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (52905) • Mojave, California 25 Feb 18

Still say this is the only music that will admit such things and why it is so cool. No sugar coating here. No painting a rosy picture to make people feel better about their predicament. Just, what are you going to do about it?...

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arent we all to some degree

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Afternoon at the Cemetery

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 1 Feb 17

Last week, my friend and I went to the Tucker Family Cemetery. The Tucker family first settled in the Zephyrhills, Florida area in 1842 although their history shows ancestors in the area in the 1700s.. They planted the first...

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Freedom

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 24 Sep 15

This movie was recently added on Netflix and what a movie it is. It takes place in 1856 where a slave named Samuel Woodward and his family are on a Virginia Plantation, they flee and receive help from the Underground Railroad....

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What would you do if you were a gladiator?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 17 Jul 11

I always enjoy the movie "Gladiator" since it was a good movie. However, I do have some thought about this movie. The gladiator were slaves who who had no freedom, at all and always need to fight until death. I don't think a...

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Slaves

stanly012992 @stanly012992 (241) • Philippines 26 Oct 10

We cannot deny that slaves are still exist here in this world. They feel more hard to work for another person. The worst of it somebody threat them very abusively and it is very affair to them. They become slave because they want...

Protect Indonesian Women Workers from Bad Treatment

advokatku @advokatku (4033) • Indonesia 30 Apr 10

Recently I received information that the Government of Egyptians are no longer sending her female workers to Saudia Arabia, despite location the geographical of egypt close with Saudia Arabia, both are have same language and also...

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Boy, did Jefferson ever get a bad rap in history.

xfahctor @xfahctor (14113) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 24 Mar 10

This stems from a conversation I have been having in another thread on another topic entirely. though this is being written for the benefit of a prticular person, it is important corrective information that needs to be put put...

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Are you a PTC/admin Dog?

shadow41 @shadow41 (2351) • Philippines 24 Jan 10

Okay... First, I'm not posting this discussion to target a certain ptc site. I will not pinpoint a name of a ptc site and its corresponding admin. I'll just say or share here what I've noticed from members of ptc...

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Special Privileges born to the right and Subhumans or Slaves

TheGreatWhiteBuffalo @TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822) • United States 22 Mar 09

Privileges given to special people for what ever reason create an imbalance to all societies. If we give special attention to one group of people we are then dividing our citizens into divisions allowing for privileges to be...

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Not this FECES again!

redyellowblackdog @redyellowblackdog (10629) • United States 10 Feb 09

Yes, it is true. The issue of reparations for the descendents of slaves in the U.S.A. has been raised yet once again. A bill to study the issue has been introduced in the House of...

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Why blues is the most important musical genre of the 20th centuary

sluggo89 @sluggo89 (43) • Sweden 2 Feb 09

The other day it hit me that blues is the most important musical genre ever. If blues never had existed then none of todays popular musical genres would exist. Blues inspired Rock n' roll and then rock n' roll inspired pop and...

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selling used shoes, socks and other foot-related items on ebay

msbossyshoes @msbossyshoes (5) • United States 15 Dec 08

It amazes me how many guys around the world buy my used shoes!!! What other foot things can i sell there? Ms. Emma

Are we the slaves of technology?

sivanj @sivanj (1263) • India 17 Aug 08

Today things have changed from what it has been in the past. TECHNOLOGY is the buzz word for these changes. Today we are so used to the technological advancements that we can't think of a life without them. Can you imagine a...

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Do you have maids at home?

candiiebaby @candiiebaby (59) • Singapore 15 Jul 08

When i see someone calling their maids to do this..do that for them.I really pity these maids.Maids are humans too..they will be tired too.If all people are rich..who will want to be maids or slaves?Do you have maids too?Do you...

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Obama leaves his church not because he denounces it's ways....

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 2 Jun 08

Obama leaves his church not because he denounces it's ways....but because his affiliation causes hurt for the followers in the church. He makes it clear he is not denouncing it...so those of you who think the man is getting his...

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