His efforts toward the abolition of slavery include issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, encouraging the border states to outlaw slavery, and helping push through Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which finally freed all the black slaves nationwide in December 1865.

Brewster pressed its adoption on those in authority at least as early as 1820, two years before Fresnel suggested it, and it was finally introduced into lighthouses mainly through Brewster's persistent efforts.

But in spite of the best efforts of Atchison and the Ruffians, Kansas did reject slavery and finally became a free state in 1861.

The efforts of some Esperantists to expel Jewish colleagues and align themselves with the Reich were finally helpless and Esperanto was forbidden in 1936.

After a hard struggle from the combined efforts of Hamilcar Barca, Hanno the Great and others, the Punic forces were finally able to annihilate the mercenaries and the insurgents.

From 1216 to 1222 Philip also arbitrated in the War of Succession in Champagne and finally helped the military efforts of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor to bring it to an end.

Due to Cole's efforts, Crowe's unfinished business — rectifying his failure to understand and help Vincent — is finally complete.

Two teams of mathematicians around 2000 finally finished their efforts to write down a complete proof, based mostly on Thurston's lectures given in the early 1980s in Princeton.

He had been assigned to work with General Electric at Schenectady, New York State, to develop a nuclear propulsion plant for destroyers, but in May 1946, through the efforts of his wartime boss, Rear Admiral Earle Mills, who became the head of the Navy's Bureau of Ships that same year, Rickover was finally sent to Oak Ridge as the deputy manager of the entire project, granting him access to all facilities, projects and reports.

The incendiary attacks on Dresden, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan, e. g., in efforts to finally force surrender and end both the European and Pacific Theaters, set the precedent for the concepts of Total War and MAD.

The marsh remained, despite many efforts to drain it, until engineers working for Benito Mussolini finally succeeded.

After two efforts to destroy the ship failed, she was finally set aflame by Korean fireships laden with explosives.

Other historians, such as the German historian Wolfgang Michalka, the Anglo-German historian H. W Koch and the Israeli historian Martin van Creveld, have contended that Hitler's efforts to form an anti-British Eurasian " continental bloc " that was to include the Soviet Union in late 1940 as a diplomatic prelude to the " Mediterranean plan " were sincere, that until December 1940 Hitler's first priority was in defeating Britain, and that it was only when Hitler gave his approval to Operation Barbarossa that he finally lost interest in the " Mediterranean strategy ".

This is when he goes to Charlotte's place, recapitulates the whole crime and finally shoots her dead, despite her efforts to pull the trigger on him.

The music continues despite ongoing efforts to silence, and finally destroy, the radio.

In any case, his efforts at making a living as a pianist (" I finally heard some applause from a bald man and said ' thank you for clapping me ' and he said ' I'm not clapping-I'm slapping me head to keep awake '"), evolved into comedy as he found he got laughs by playing wrong notes and complaining to the audience.

The book mentions the years of tireless efforts by physical therapist Sam Brockington which allowed Campanella to regain some use of his arms, eventually overcome his initial bitterness about his fate, and finally adopt an optimistic outlook on life.

York refused, several times, to authorize a film version of his life story, but finally yielded to persistent efforts in order to finance the creation of an interdenominational Bible school.

At the same time, however, Epaminondas managed through a series of diplomatic efforts to dismantle the Peloponnesian league: the remaining members of the league finally abandoned Sparta ( in 365 Corinth, Epidaurus, and Phlius made peace with Thebes and Argos ), and Messenia remained independent and firmly loyal to Thebes.

When he finally gave up his efforts to acquire an American work visa in 1984, he returned to Toronto.

He was interred in an unmarked pauper's grave until 1961 when, as the result of fundraising efforts begun by a Vancouver sports writer, a memorial plaque was finally placed on his grave.

By 1926, management of the club had passed on to a new generation of members, and it was through their efforts that Odd were finally admitted into the regional series in 1927, ten years after the club was founded.

Plant's railroad line reached Tampa and its port shortly thereafter, finally connecting the small town to the nation's railroad system after years of efforts by local leaders.

Resoration efforts were finally unveiled in 2009.

Restoration efforts were finally unveiled in 2009.

Historians have paid special attention to the efforts by Nazi Germany to reverse the gains women made before 1933, especially in the relatively liberal Weimar Republic.

His diplomatic efforts failed to gain recognition from any foreign country, and he paid little attention to the collapsing Confederate economy, printing more and more paper money to cover the war's expenses.

In 1927, his efforts paid off and the Congress was invited to attend the congress of oppressed nationalities in Brussels in Belgium.

His efforts paid dividends.

In May 1939, as part of his efforts to bully Turkey into joining the Axis, Ribbentrop had arranged for the cancellation of the delivery of 60 heavy howitzers from the Škoda Works, which the Turks had paid for in advance.

Decades worth of efforts at mainstreaming the format eventually paid off when country radio became widely popular among a large number of FM radio stations that signed on in the suburban United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The poison in Case's bloodstream is washed out, and he and Molly are handsomely paid for their efforts, while Pauley's ROM construct is apparently erased at his own request.

William Nelson Cromwell was paid $ 800, 000 for his lobbying efforts.

Porsche's design and development efforts paid off during the 1978 European Car of the Year competition where the 928 won ahead of the BMW 7-series and the Ford Granada.

However, efforts to achieve primary health care reform have increasingly encouraged physicians to work in multidisciplinary teams, and be paid through blended funding models, including elements of capitation and other ' alternative funding formulas '.

" The publication's efforts paid off when Benjamin Harrison declared Wednesday October 12, 1892 to be Columbus Day for which The Youth's Companion made " an official program for universal use in all the schools.

All four were required to post $ 10, 000 bail, which was paid by the Earps, local mining men, Wells Fargo undercover agent Fred Dodge, and other business owners appreciative of the Earps ' efforts to maintain order.

The band's efforts paid off in 1985, when fourteen-year-old Selena recorded her first album for a record company.

His efforts apparently paid off, for by 1894, Bigelow claimed 150 residents.

Their efforts paid off, making the railhead of Verndale and its merchants the unquestionable center of commerce, supplying the settlers with the goods they needed to establish their homesteads and providing a convenient place for them to ship their produce to market.

Their efforts paid off when the Great Northern Railway agreed to lay their line through the city.

His efforts paid off as he unexpectedly won the Marathon.

The reform did not settle the issue of who paid for the postage, as it still remained optional for a number of years in spite of Hill's efforts as Secretary to the Post Office to alter the situation.

Her efforts paid off, earning Elsa worldwide fame at the time, when her life's story, up to this point, was published in the book Born Free.

They may work in diving resorts, private yachts, cruise ships and dive centres – anywhere where there is a demand for diving, however, it is rare for Divemasters to be paid for their efforts, usually they work for tips, the experience, and / or discounts on equipment purchases.

Lincoln opposed early efforts to recruit black soldiers, although he accepted the Army's using them as paid workers.

His efforts paid off when he was rewarded with a fight against Kali Meehan on November 13, 2004.

Wakefield was quite clear that he had bought and paid for the land on behalf of the New Zealand Company but it soon emerged that despite his efforts the Māori had not fully understood the nature of the deal.

Coverdell's efforts paid off in 1988 when Bush carried Georgia's twelve electoral votes.

His efforts paid off.