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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Abolition</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States</description>
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		<title>Harry Reid compares health care debate to ending slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been taking heat since yesterday for his remarks on the Senate floor comparing the opponents of health care reform to those who opposed ending slavery.
As I&#8217;ll explain below, I believe the criticism over Reid&#8217;s remarks is misplaced at best, and political gamesmanship at worst. However, I also think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/11/voyages-the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade-database/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/11/voyages-the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade-database/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicentennial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, we saw the launch of Voyages, an innovative new web site designed to make available to the public the latest incarnation of the invaluable Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.
On December 5 and 6, Emory University will host an international group of scholars for a conference to celebrate the launch of Voyages, to commemorate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations commemorates slave trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/10/united-nations-commemorates-slave-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/10/united-nations-commemorates-slave-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
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The U.N. General Assembly, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, has approved a resolution calling for the erection of a permanent memorial in New York to commemorate the slave trade and its legacy.
The resolution stresses the importance of raising awareness of the history and &#8220;lasting consequences&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press coverage on the day of broadcast</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/06/press-coverage-on-the-day-of-broadcast/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/06/press-coverage-on-the-day-of-broadcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traces of the Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicentennial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve delayed posting about this morning&#8217;s press coverage of Traces of the Trade, as we prepare for the start of national broadcast this evening on PBS.
However, several members of the Traces family have asked me for the latest update, so I hope everyone else will bear with me—or simply move along—as I review what the press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain on the abolition of the slave trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/05/john-mccain-on-the-abolition-of-the-slave-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/05/john-mccain-on-the-abolition-of-the-slave-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1808]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few in the United States have taken the opportunity to acknowledge, much less to commemorate, the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade in 1808.
For this reason, I was pleased to see that Senator John McCain gave a campaign speech on Wednesday in Michigan, in which he took the importance of the British and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation related to slavery and the slave trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/04/legislation-related-to-slavery-and-the-slave-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/04/legislation-related-to-slavery-and-the-slave-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3432]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 40]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.Res. 194]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Conyers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since last year, there has been a series of legislative developments, at the state and national levels, related to the legacy of slavery and the slave trade. I&#8217;ve blogged about each of these efforts separately in the past, but in this entry, I want to offer a quick overview of the various legislative proposals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation covers &#8220;Traces of the Trade&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/03/the-nation-covers-traces-of-the-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/03/the-nation-covers-traces-of-the-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traces of the Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1808]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moral issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nation has just posted an article, &#8220;Tracing Slavery&#8217;s Past,&#8221; which is centered around Traces of the Trade.
The story (web-only) is by Te-Ping Chen, who, as I&#8217;ve noted before, has previously written about Traces in the Providence Phoenix.
Chen&#8217;s article includes background information on Traces and quotations from an interview with producer/director Katrina Browne. She also touches on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H.R. 3432 becomes law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/02/hr-3432-becomes-law/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/02/hr-3432-becomes-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicentennial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[H.R. 3432, &#8220;A bill to establish the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,&#8221; has now become law.
As I reported last month, the House and Senate had passed identical versions of this legislation, after the Senate removed the authorization of funding. The bill was then sent to the White House. Yesterday, on its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of &#8220;Inheriting the Trade&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/01/launch-of-inheriting-the-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/01/launch-of-inheriting-the-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inheriting the Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1808]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday marked the publication of my cousin Tom&#8217;s book, Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
The launch event was at the Olsson&#8217;s Books and Records in Penn Quarter in Washington, D.C. The event, which included an author reading and book signing, drew an overflow crowd of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/01/bicentennial-of-the-abolition-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/01/bicentennial-of-the-abolition-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve noted previously, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade. Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s ban on the slave trade on U.S. ships, and to U.S. ports, took effect on January 1, 1808. And Britain&#8217;s own ban, which was enacted mere weeks after Jefferson signed the U.S. prohibition into law, [...]]]></description>
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