Sentences with phrase «which abolished slavery»

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.

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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Jesus can not abolish the actual slavery, which is civilian matter, but he abolished the state of mind that produce slavery

There is here an implicit distinction between the apparent self - interest of the slaveholder and the real self - interest of the slaveholder which allowed Douglass to maintain that it was genuinely in the best interest of the slaveholder that slavery be abolished.

women's suffrage, and opposition to slavery (which the scriptures do not abolish, but regulate in such a way as to discourage most of its forms), are put in the same moral category as opposition to homosexualism, abortion, and euthanasia.

Focusing almost entirely on the former President's efforts to abolish slavery through legislation, there's already been debate about Daniel Day - Lewis» higher - pitched than expected voice which is reportedly historically accurate.

Steve McQueen continues to say during Oscar campaigning (yes, I said it - at least I didn't «on the campaign trail,» which is what it feels like during Oscar season) that slavery has not been abolished, and continues throughout the world.

Steve McQueen continues to say during Oscar campaigning (yes, I said it — at least I didn't «on the campaign trail,» which is what it feels like during Oscar season) that slavery has not been abolished, and continues throughout the world.

With much political power and a sizeable number of lame duck Democrats with nothing to lose, Lincoln views it as the perfect time to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which would abolish slavery and essentially force the Confederates hand in the war.

Goodwin charted four years of the Lincoln presidency, and the skill with which he united politicians from different factions behind his attempt to abolish slavery.