by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 28, 2012 | Take Action
Abraham Lincoln is famous for getting to the point. His Gettysburg Address was just 274 words long. Next Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of a somewhat longer, but equally famous Lincoln message: the Emancipation Proclamation. It took effect on January 1, 1863....
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 25, 2012 | FTS Updates, Take Action
President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak about slavery at noon ET today, at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. You can watch live here or here. Administration officials have been asking anti-slavery activists for several months if there is more that the...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 21, 2012 | Take Action
September 22nd marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in Confederate states during the Civil War. Slavery, however, still exists in the U.S. In fact there has never been a day in American history without it....
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 17, 2012 | Take Action
Next weekend marks an important milestone in American history: it will be 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On September 22, 1862, Lincoln ordered the release of slaves in Confederate states during the Civil War. This...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 25, 2012 | Slavery in the News
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is speaking out against modern-day slavery, saying it’s “urgent” to “more successfully identify, assist, and seek justice on behalf of the millions of human trafficking victims who have been trapped in some form of slavery, bonded...
