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The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...laws to abolish the trade in 1807 and to stop the use of slaves in British territories in 1833, though it granted slave-owners twenty million pounds in compensation for the latter (equivalent to over £1,000 million pounds today). Britain stood out for its strict enforcement of the abolition (creating a permanent naval patrol off the West African coast to act against...
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...University of Havana, press agency Prensa Latina and national broadcaster, ICRT. He has a primary degree in Spanish and Sociology and an LLM in Human Rights Law, both from Queens University. Podcast transcripts (PDF) A Peace of Us Episode 1 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 2 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 3 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 4 Transcript.pdf...
Tubman: The Moses of Her People
History & The Arts

Tubman: The Moses of Her People

...laws for generations to come. Harriet Tubman in Retrospect The immediate post-war years treated Tubman badly – she was refused a military pension, and was left poor and still illiterate. However, her finances and public recognition improved dramatically when her admirer Sarah Bradford published an account of her life in 1869. After this, other stalwarts of the Railroad...
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...law on the country, which became a frontline state in the war when Ottoman forces crossed the Sinai Peninsula to try – and fail – to take the Suez Canal. Egypt became an enormous military base for Allied forces, serving as the rear area for the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, and the more successful Allied invasions of Palestine and Syria by the British imperial...
Sut mae penodi Prif Weinidog newydd i Gymru
Society, Politics & Law

Sut mae penodi Prif Weinidog newydd i Gymru

...law am Lafur (er fod pleidiau eraill wedi rhannu grym mewn clymbleidiau neu ffurfiau eraill o gydweithredu), nid yw Cymru erioed wedi newid ei Phrif Weinidog – sef pennaeth Llywodraeth Cymru – yn syth ar ôl etholiad. Yn hytrach, mae prif weinidogion bob amser wedi newid yng nghanol eu tymor, neu mewn geiriau eraill, rhwng etholiadau.
Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...law. He would continue to explore these themes in his music until his untimely death in 1995 at the age of 47. Real blues lyrics meet real crime fiction Gallagher also saw links between hardboiled fiction and the blues genre more generally, particularly in terms of the ‘sparse, sharp and bittersweet — usually bitter’ tone of the writing. This link was emphasised by...
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...Law of the Peoples Republic of China was a major initiative, aiming to decentralise control of education and enrol the millions of children not attending school at that time. These children included those in rural areas, girls, and those from minority ethnic groups. The Act guaranteed the right to at least nine years of education for all school-age children (six years of...
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...laws can be expensive, according to Dr Anand Kumar, deputy managing director of Indian Immunologicals Ltd. The pharmaceutical firm is India's largest producer of both human and animal rabies vaccines but stopped producing rabies immunoglobulin about a year ago. “We followed the guidelines strictly,” he says about the company’s stock of horses. “Complying with...