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Since slavery had been abolished in Canada in 1833, but was still legal in southern states of the U. S., a Lake Erie crossing was sometimes required for fugitive slaves seeking freedom:
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Since the 16th century, Portugal extensively adopted slavery to man their colonies, coming mainly from West and Central Africa.
Since the gag rule prevented him from bringing slavery petitions to the floor, he used a petition from a Georgia citizen over another matter to bring a separate petition to the floor.
Since support of the Confederacy now meant support for slavery, there was no longer any possibility of European intervention.
Since 1997, the United States Department of Justice has, through work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, prosecuted six individuals in Florida on charges of slavery in the agricultural industry.
Since slavery was abolished, the three-fifths compromise no longer applied to counting the population of blacks.
Since then, many writers have credited this novel with focusing Northern anger at the injustices of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law and helping to fuel the abolitionist movement.
Since the Torah prescribes the death penalty for treachery, the adult males of this last Jewish tribe were killed, and the women and children were taken into slavery ( but later freed ).
Since any suspected slave was not eligible for a trial this led to many free blacks being conscripted into slavery as they had no rights in court and could not defend themselves against accusations.
Since Brazilian economy was based on slavery and sugar, the long depression in the world sugar market aggravated social and racial ills in the 1840s.
Since 2000, international equestrian athletes affiliated with UNICEF have worked to end the " scourge of modern slavery in mounted sports ," by putting public and diplomatic pressure on Sheikh Mohammed and the UAE government.
Since the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery was adopted in 1865, the Corwin Amendment lost whatever momentum it had.
Since the beginning of the 1850s, issues regarding slavery had effectively split the state Democratic Party.
Since slavery had been abolished, the British crafted a new legal system of forced labour, which in many ways resembled enslavement.
Since the end of the war, Kosovo has been a major source and destination country in the trafficking of women, women forced into prostitution and sexual slavery.
Since their escape from slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries, Saramakas have lived along the upper Suriname River and its tributaries, the Gaánlío and the Pikílío.
Since the banning of slavery north of the Mason-Dixon line there had always been equal numbers of slave and free states.
Since the Middle Ages, the Christian understanding of slavery has seen significant internal conflict and endured dramatic change.
It takes its name from its first words: " Since it is absurd and utterly inconvenient that the Jews, who through their own fault were condemned by God to eternal slavery ..."
Since then, it has often been promoted as an authentic account of slavery during the 18th century, though its inaccuracies and anachronisms have led historians to conclude that it is a hoax.
Since the beginning of the 18th century, Spanish Florida attracted numerous African slaves who escaped from British slavery in the Thirteen Colonies.
Since the emancipation and independence of 1804, affluent blacks and mulattoes have reintroduced slavery by using children of the very poor as house servants.
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Since then, and since the pure grain had gotten him divorced from every decent -- and even indecent -- group from Greenwich Village to the Embarcadero, he had become a sucker-rolling freight-jumper.
Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.
Since his seizure, Scotty had had little appetite ; ;
Since Mr. McKinley had to give a lecture, Rachel and Scotty drove home alone in the Plymouth.
Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.
Since the Santo Spirito hospital had taken only men, he had had no experience in the study of female anatomy ; ;
Since then, the flowers she had planted had spread all over the hill.
Since he had gross income of $600 or more, he must file a return in which he may claim an exemption deduction of $600.
Since the writer had established this democratic procedure in the beginning he had to go along with their decision -- after, of course, pointing out whether he thought their decision was a wise or an unwise one.
Since the writer had not noticed this characteristic in married students scattered throughout the various sections previous to this experiment, nor, as a matter of fact, in those who were continuing in `` single sections '', he can only conclude that there must have been something `` contagious '' within the specific group which caused this to occur.
Since the details of the elections were settled the change of government had no direct effect on the technical aspects of the elections, and may have been more important as an indication of royal displeasure with the U.N.F.P.
Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.
Since the magnitude of the plan made secrecy impossible, once the wheels had began to turn, persons controlling German industries, social institutions, and armed forces became, through their anti-Semitism or their tolerance of it, conscious accomplices of Hitler's crimes ; ;
Since Mrs. Calhoun remembered only that the marriage had been in the spring, he started to plod through several months.
Since then he had worked at this and that, though some said his main interest was gambling.
Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.
Since he possessed more power in an interdependent universe of living beings and dead spirits, the emperor had to use it for the benefit of the living.
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Since 1957, more and more trans-Atlantic passengers have been crossing by air.
Since moving from a Chicago suburb to Southern California a few months ago, I've been introduced to a new game called Lanesmanship.
Since little is known about autism, and almost nothing has been written for the layman, we'd like to share one experienced mother's comments.
Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.
Since that time the demands of the citizens for new and expanded services have placed financial burdens on the state which could not have been foreseen in earlier years.
Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.
Since then, there has been a notable increase in the number of stations and also the accumulation of additional data and the development of new techniques for using it, leading to a better understanding of propagation phenomena.
Since the Industrial Revolution, when factories emerged, this classical pattern has been followed.
Since practical washing procedures are both lengthy and expensive, a number of laboratory tests have been developed for the numerical evaluation of detergents.
Since 1948 the working headquarters has been the Department of Geology and Mineralogy.
Since the removal force is a function of coating thickness, a differential transformer pickup has been incorporated into the instrument to accurately measure film thickness.
Since the mid 1950s, when urethane foam first made its appearance in the American market, growth has been little short of fantastic.
Since interviewing is the basic therapeutic and diagnostic instrument of modern psychiatry, the recording of interviews for playbacks and study has been a boost of Redstone proportions in new research and training.
Since the 1946 disaster there have been 15 tsunami in the Pacific, but only one was of any consequence.
Since Biblical times, rosaries have been made from jobs-tears -- the seeds of an Asiatic grass.
Since 1949, the St. Louis club has been below on May 1 just four times.
Since 1927, fewer than a dozen men have made serious runs at Babe Ruth's record and each, in turn, has been thwarted.
Since 1892 ears of red, yellow, purple and white corn have annually been nailed to 11 big picture panels to create huge `` paintings ''.
Since 30 June 2012 when the last leap second was added, TAI has been exactly 35 seconds ahead of UTC.
2.956 seconds.