After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing.

After World War I the Liberal Party began to disintegrate and Labour emerged as the party of progressive politics in Scotland, gaining a solid following among working classes of the urban lowlands.

After gaining Independence, Indonesia started to develop its own communication system, generally following the rest of the world.

After gaining the purple, Julian started a religious reformation of the state, which was intended to restore the lost strength of the Roman state.

After Lee's army had withdrawn back to Virginia, Stuart performed another of his audacious circumnavigations of the Army of the Potomac — 120 miles in under 60 hours, from Leesburg, Virginia, to as far north as Chambersburg and Mercersburg, Pennsylvania — once again embarrassing his Union opponents and seizing horses and supplies, but at the expense of exhausted men and animals, without gaining much military advantage.

After gaining experience as a teamster along the Santa Fe Trail and in Mexico, Carson signed on with a party of forty men, led by Ewing Young which in August, 1829 went into Apache country along the Gila River.

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After gaining independence in 1943, the Lebanese government formed an official delegation in 1944 to negotiate with the French the terms related to handing over the LAF.

After independence in 1975, members were elected by the first past the post system, with winners frequently gaining less than 15 % of the vote.

After leaving school, Singer studied law, history and philosophy at the University of Melbourne, gaining his BA degree ( hons ) in 1967.

After gaining stability in the line-up and honing their skills on the local bar / high school dance circuit, the band came to release their first single " Not Fade Away ", a cover of the Buddy Holly song, in 1973.

After gaining their independence, the Texas voters had elected a Congress of 14 senators and 29 representatives in September 1836.

After the Kalinago Genocide of 1626, the island was formally partitioned between the English and French, with the French gaining the ends, Capisterre in the North and Basseterre in the south, and the English gaining the centre.

After gaining the throne after palace intrigue and fraternal dispute, succeeded as Sultan on 7 September 1566, Selim II became the first Sultan devoid of active military interest and willing to abandon power to his ministers, provided he was left free to pursue his orgies and debauches.

After suffering a defeat by the Persians in 296, Galerius crushed Narseh in 298 — reversing a series of Roman defeats throughout the century — capturing members of the imperial household and a substantial amount of booty and gaining a highly favourable peace treaty, which secured peace between the two powers for a generation.

After the American Revolution, in which they and the Oneida allied with the colonists, the Tuscarora shared reservation land with the Oneida before gaining their own.

After gaining the throne at the age of eighteen, he defeated a rebellious duke of Kouřim named Radslav.

After gaining independence from British colonialism in 1947, West Pakistan was physically separated from East by the Republic of India.

* After gaining political rights in the United States and much of Europe in the first part of the century, and with the advent of new birth control techniques, women became more independent throughout the century.

After the British victories at Hubbardton, Fort Ticonderoga, and Fort Anne, General John Burgoyne proceeded with the Saratoga campaign, with the goal of capturing Albany and gaining control of the Hudson River Valley, where Burgoyne's force could ( as the plan went ) meet the other pincers, dividing the colonies in two.

After years of purchasing lands or gaining them via inheritance or marriage alliances throughout Saxony, Lothair gained the domains of the Billung, Nordheim and Brunswick families and became one of the dominant landowners in the northern duchy.

After the release of " Mystery Hotel ", Psyche started gaining radio play.

After gaining support in opinion polls, Fortuyn was assassinated on 6 May, days before the election.

After the Khitans left Mongolia the Shiwei Mongols rose to prominence, when from the 1130s there were reciprocally hostile relations between the successive khans of the Khamag Mongol confederation ( Khaidu, Khabul Khan and Ambaghai Khan ) and the emperors of the Jin dynasty.

After lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943, the Phillies began a rapid rise to prominence in the National League, as the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years.

After 20 years of such oppression, Samuel, who had gained national prominence as a prophet, summoned the people to Mizpah ( one of the highest hills in the land ), where he organized them into an army, and led them against the Philistines.

After them, other writers like Wen Rui ' an and Huang Yi also rose to prominence in a later period.

After Saffo, Pacini entered into another period of prominence.

After Mao's death in 1976, reformers led by Deng Xiaoping gained prominence.

After the Lombard conquest ( 755 ) Terni lost any role of prominence, reducing to a secondary town in the Duchy of Spoleto.

After 1935, big bands rose to prominence playing swing music and held a major role in defining swing as a distinctive style.

After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons the Jazz returned to prominence under the on-court leadership of point guard Deron Williams.

After working in Los Angeles with the " guerrilla video " commune TVTV on a number of projects, Murray rose to prominence in 1976.

After a period of Viking control, it passed to the Cerdic dynasty, a period during which it gained prominence in terms of religious importance in Great Britain.

After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment.

After playing in orchestras under the direction of André Messager, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and his idol Arthur Nikisch, he came to prominence as a conductor with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes between 1911 and 1914.

After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit music scene, the White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock revival scene.

After starring in some supporting actor movie roles, such as in The Killing Fields, and television parts, including Saturday Night Live, Gray first achieved national prominence with his play Swimming to Cambodia, which he wrote in 1985 and was adapted into a film in 1987.

After this Ganja rose to prominence and became the central city of the region.

After a few decades French classicism gained prominence: vertical elements were stressed, less ornamentation was used, natural stone was preferred above bricks.

After some foreign invasions ( notably that of Emperor Henry VII in 1311 ), the Cavalcabò lasted until November 29, 1322, when a more powerful family, the Visconti of Galeazzo I, came to prominence that in Cremona was to last for a century and a half.

After three years of first-round playoff exits, the Roughriders finally returned to prominence in 1951, winning their first WIFU regular season championship with an 8-6 record.

After the Bourbon Restoration, the Council was retained as an administrative court but without its former prominence.

After de Gaulle's retreat in 1969 and the end of Christian Democratic government in Germany the same year, the distinction lost its prominence.

After Francesco Sforza captured Milan in 1450, many Ghibellines who had fled such as Filippo Borromeo and Luisino Bossi were restored to positions of prominence in Milan.

After the Siege of Paris in 1870 and the 1871 Paris Commune, the Legitimists returned for one final time to political prominence.

After independence, many Muslims retained their previous positions and achieved prominence in business and politics.