Sentences with phrase «abolish slavery by»

He needed to abolish slavery by constitutional measure — and that's where we start.»

He wants to win the war, and he wants to abolish slavery by passing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

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Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

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By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism.

Yet Christian reformers pressed on, rolling back, one by one, features of the slave trade until it was abolished in 1807 and slavery itself in 1833.

Slavery was abolished in America and brought to end (except by some muslims who still practice it today) in the world by mostly the efforts of Christians.

Inspired by the true - life events confronting Abraham Lincoln and his monumental moral and political challenge to amend the United States Constitution to permanently abolish slavery, Lincoln is a rich and compelling historical and human drama.

Domestic slavery practised by the educated African coastal elites (as well as interior traditional rulers) in Sierra Leone was abolished in 1928.

Aptly named 13th, for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, this documentary follows the aftermath of the American Civil War for African Americans, and how slavery has only been perpetuated by different practices throughout the years like disenfranchisement and mass incarceration.

He begins with a plantation in Alabama where slavery has never been abolished: Mam (Lauren Bacall) rules with a iron hand, assisted by her foreman Wilhelm (Danny Glover), a slave who believes his people are not ready for the responsibilities of freedom.

«Lincoln» follows the title character, the 16th president of the United States (played by Daniel Day - Lewis) as he pushes for the passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.

Adapted by Tony Kushner partly from Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals, the two - and - a-half-hour film begins in 1865 when Lincoln (Daniel Day - Lewis) is urgently trying to get the 13th Amendment passed to abolish slavery.

It is likely the south would have had better race relations if it had been forced by economic necessity to abolish slavery, like every other nation, rather than imperialist conquest by the north.

Inspired by the true - life events confronting Abraham Lincoln and his monumental moral and political challenge to amend the United States Constitution to permanently abolish slavery, and based in part on the book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln» by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lincoln is a rich and compelling historical and human drama that has been hailed as one of the best film of the year.

Casting Director: Avy Kaufman Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner, based in part on the book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,» by Doris Kearns Goodwin Starring: Daniel Day - Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon - Levitt The Pitch: A look at the last days of President Abraham Lincoln (Day - Lewis) and his fight to abolish slavery.

Set during the American Civil War in January 1865, Lincoln focuses on President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day - Lewis) as he attempts to abolish slavery in the USA by passing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives.

In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery.

The film by Steven Spielberg about Abraham Lincoln's struggle to abolish slavery is based on writer Doris Kearns Goodwin's book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.»