American Journalist Gathers Love Stories from the Slavery Era 美国记者收集奴隶时代的爱情故事 Award-winning journalist Betty DeRamus has written about race riots , refugee camps and othe

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Slavery Saga Lives On in Connecticut In 1839, African slaves bound for a Cuban sugar plantation escaped their shackles. They killed the captain and cook aboard the schooner Amistad and ordered their two slavemasters to sail to Africa. Instead, the sl

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Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Benin, a majestic arch marks the point of no return where through the centuries millions of slaves waited in chains to be shipped to America. But now a modern-day form of slavery has gripped the West African nation a

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Monroe In the spring of eighteen twenty, President James Monroe was coming to the end of his first four years as president. He wanted to be elected again. But he faced

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President Fillmore Signs Compromise of 1850 美国总统菲尔莫尔签署1850年妥协案 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning American English. Im Steve Ember. In 1

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Bruce Gulland. Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A young woman came to Englan

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405. The Trent Affair, 1861. 405.特伦特事件(1861年) As soon as the blockade was established, the British and French governments gave the Confederates the same rights in their ports as the United States had. 在封锁建立之时,英国政

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327. The Right of Petition. 327.请愿权 One of the most sacred rights of freemen is the right to petition for redress of grievances. 自由人最神圣的权利之一是在受到冤屈后申请获得赔偿的权力, In the old colonial days the

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But nothing came of these suggestions. 但是,这些提议没有引起反响。 Soon, however, William Lloyd Garrison began at Boston the publication of a paper called the Liberator. 然而,不久之后威廉劳埃德加里森在波士顿创办了一

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In these ways slavery had ceased to be a vital institution north of Maryland and Kentucky. 通过这些努力,在马里兰和肯塔基北部已经不存在有效的奴隶制机构, Why should slavery be allowed west of the Mississippi River? 为什

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97 反奴役压迫的女性领袖哈瑞特·塔伯曼 PEOPLE IN AMERICA - September 30, 2001: Harriet TubmanBy Jeri Watson VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Ray Freeman with the Spec

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - U.S. Group Fights to Free Modern-Day Slaves By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, March 08, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. American officials

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THE FIRST REPUBLIC OF FREE BLACK PEOPLE Discovered by Columbus in 1492,the island,or at least the western part of it now known as Haiti,was the scene of some of the most advanced political developments in the Western world in the late eighteent

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Millard Fillmore In eighteen fifty, President Zachary Taylor died after serving about a year and a half in office. Taylor's vice president, Millard Fillmore, took his plac

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American History: Debating the Part of Slaves Under a New Constitution From VOA Learning English, welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the United Stat

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AS IT IS 2014-06-25 US: Thailand Fails to Fight Human Trafficking 美国方面表示:泰国在打击人口贩卖方面做得很失败 The 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report placed Thailand in a group known as Tier Three. That is the lowest rating amo

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People from Latin America, Asia trafficked to the US for sex, labor Elizabeth Lee | Washington, DC 24 May 2010 A study by The Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center finds nearly 83 percent of suspected human trafficking incidents involve the sex trad

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March 20th, 2003American and British forces invade Iraq from neighboring Kuwait. Associated Press correspondent Ross Simpson is with the American marines. They knocked out a T-55, Iraqi tank and engaged some mechanized infantry. Thats a few minutes a

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Jack carried the water bucket into the tent. The scene insidewas like a nightmare. The tent was hot and stuffy. A dozen injured soldiers lay onsmall cots. Some called for food. Others begged for water or justmoaned. Jack wanted to rush back outside.

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 April 2008 A woman once forced into a life of sexual slavery and domestic labor has filed suit against the government of Niger. The case is being heard by the court of the Economic Community of West African states. The cour

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