Slavery
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Cuccinelli links fights against slavery, abortion
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Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general and presumptive Republican candidate for governor, is at the center of a controversy after he paralleled the fight to ban abortion rights to the battle to end slavery.
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Emancipation Proclamation anniversary: Watch Night ceremony held at National Archives
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This year, the Watch Night tradition will follow the historic Emancipation Proclamation to its home at the National Archives with a special midnight display planned with readings, songs and bell ringing among the nation's founding documents.
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National Slavery Museum bankruptcy case dismissed
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A donor, who was not identified, has agreed to pay the museum's delinquent property taxes but only if the bankruptcy case is dismissed.
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D.C. prepares to celebrate 150 years without slavery
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Officials are announcing a series of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act.
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Congress honors slaves who helped build U.S. Capitol
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Congressional leaders and the chaplains of the House and Senate have dedicated a new stone marker to the slaves who helped build the U.S. Capitol building.
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Slave name database launched in Virginia
CommentThe Virginia Historical Society has launched a database of slave names to help scholars and family historians examine centuries of the state's slave-holding past.
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Virginia's slave museum property to be repossessed
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Fredericksburg's treasurer says the slave museum property belong to the city because of $215,000 in unpaid taxes.
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