Before the abolition of the Italian monarchy in 1946, it was the residence of the king of Italy, and before 1871 it was, as originally, a residence of the Pope.

Before the 1861 abolition of serfdom in Russia, a landowner's estate was often measured by the number of " souls " he owned.

Before the American Civil War she gave impassioned speeches on abolition ; during the war she toured the country speaking on the war and other issues.

Before its abolition, it was administered from the town of Pukekohe.

Before its abolition, they were subject to indentured servitude ( episode 1. 05 ), and there is still considerable racial segregation and resentment by normal humans ( e. g. episodes 1. 01, 1. 07 ), and governmental abuse for morally dubious purposes ( episode 1. 13 ).

Before its complete abolition the Free State Seanad merely had power to delay legislation.

Before abolition of gavelkind tenure by the Administration of Estates Act of 1925, all land in Kent was presumed to be held by gavelkind until the contrary was proved.

Before its abolition, the rank of acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy corresponded with, but was junior to, the ranks of lieutenant ( Army ) and flying officer ( RAF ).

Before its complete abolition the Free State Seanad merely had power to delay legislation.

Before the abolition of the Saturday / weekend schedule, there was one Saturday / weekend return train from Sakunami that stopped at Nishi-Sendai Hi-Land, however, there have been no stops at Nishi-Sendai Hi-Land Station since 2004.

Before the abolition of the slave trade, large shipments of cowry shells were sent to some of the English ports for reshipment to the slave coast.

Before the abolition of high-school entrance exams, it was the highest-ranked school in the country.

" Before the war, Sherman at times even expressed some sympathy with the view of Southern whites that the black race was benefiting from slavery, although he opposed breaking up slave families and advocated teaching slaves to read and write.

Before the arrival of the Portuguese, slavery had already existed in Kongo.

Before the American Civil War, Southern defenders of African American slavery invoked the concept of wage slavery to favorably compare the condition of their slaves to workers in the North.

Before the Nat Turner Revolt, there was a small but ineffectual antislavery movement in Virginia, largely on account of economic trends that made slavery less profitable in the Old South in the 1820s and fears among whites of the rising number of blacks, especially in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions.

Before that, slavery was not a significant feature of the coastal economy.

Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery.

Before the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery after the American Civil War in 1866, manumission was sometimes accomplished at the death of the owner, under conditions in his will.

Before the Civil War, Racine was well known for its strong opposition to slavery, with many slaves escaping to freedom via the Underground Railroad passing through the city.

Before nightfall FitzRoy's temper cooled and he sent a handsome apology with the request that Darwin " continue to live with him ", so they avoided the subject of slavery from that time on.

Also in 2000, Lumbly guest starred in a season one episode of The West Wing entitled " Six Meetings Before Lunch " as Jeff Breckenridge, a nominee for U. S. Assistant Attorney General who happens to support reparations for slavery.

Before the election Fish had declined to speak specifically on compromise legislation over slavery, but had only stated government should enforce the laws.

Before the war he assented to the possible division of the nation on the grounds of " irreconcilable differences ;" that is, slavery, between regions.

Before the American Civil War, Southern defenders of African American slavery invoked the concept to favorably compare the condition of their slaves to workers in the North.

Before the Civil War, when slavery had fixed the status of most blacks, no need was felt for statutory measures segregating the races.

Before the book came out there had never been a book that talked about the sexualization of women in slavery.

Before the 19th century, slavery was tolerated but looked down upon by the Nyamwezi.

Before the final convention in 1792, a committee composed of Garrard, Ambrose Dudley, and Augustine Eastin reported to the Elkhorn Baptist Association in favor of forbidding slavery in the constitution then being drafted for the new state.

Before 1961, May 24 was celebrated in Jamaica as Empire Day in honour of the birthday of Queen Victoria and her emancipation of slaves in Jamaica.

Before and during the Civil War, the Ohio River was called the " River Jordan " by slaves crossing it to escape to freedom in the North via the Underground Railroad.

Before the war, the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a comparable number of free whites.

Before emancipation, slaves could not enter into contracts, including the marriage contract.

Eventually Eva falls terminally ill. Before dying, she gives a lock of her hair to each of the slaves, telling them that they must become Christians so that they may see each other in Heaven.

Before Nicholls left in the summer of 1815, he left the fort in the hands of fugitive slaves and Seminoles whom he had originally recruited for possible incursions into U. S. territory during the war.

Before the American Civil War, the area around West Branch was an active focal point of the Underground Railroad, a network for the freeing of slaves from the southern states.

Before the American Civil War, Nebraska City was noted as having the Territory's largest population of slaves.

Before being defeated, his army of escaped gladiators and slaves defeated several Roman legions in what is known as the Third Servile War.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, gifts included storable food ( oolichan, or candlefish, oil or dried food ), canoes, and slaves among the very wealthy, but otherwise not income-generating assets such as resource rights.

Before even graduating from his apprenticeship, Westervelt accepted an offer to start business in Charleston, where he undertook the construction of two schooners, with the help of African American slaves from planters in and around Charleston ( with his employer's consent ).

Before arriving in Georgia, Kemble had already concluded, “ It is notorious, that almost every Southern planter has a family more or less numerous of illegitimate coloured children .” It is significant that her statements about Roswell King, Sr. and Roswell King, Jr. and their alleged status as the white fathers of enslaved mulatto children are based on what she was told by slaves who themselves were in some cases inclined to accept hearsay accounts about their paternity.

Before she was 18, her mother had been killed by whalers, her first fiance had died while saving her from abduction, and in 1828, her two sisters, Lowhenunhue and Maggerleede, had been abducted and taken to Kangaroo Island, off South Australia and sold as slaves.

Before his death, he acquired more land and held more than 1, 000 slaves.

Before his death, Chastelein had written a will that freed the slave families of Depok and gave them pieces of his land, converting slaves into landlords.

Before the outbreak of the American Civil War, he refused the demands of Kentucky and Virginia state authorities for the extradition of fugitive slaves or the punishment of those who helped them.

Before the American Civil War the mountain was a popular hiding place for slaves who had escaped from their owners in the central and eastern sections of North Carolina.

Before the onset of the official asiento in 1595, the Spanish fiscal authorities gave individual asientoes to merchants, primarily from Portugal, to bring slaves to the Americas.

Before the American Civil War, these plantations were worked by thousands of African American slaves.