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Blog Entries by Kenneth C. Davis from 03/2011

Socks, Shirtwaists and Saving the Union

| Posted 03.08.2011 | Politics
Read More: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Labor Unions, Labor History, Ilgwu, Politics News

Whether it is socks or solar panels, the task of rebuilding America's manufacturing base is obviously one key to the problem of unemployment and low-wage jobs facing the country.

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A Sweet Assault on Slavery

| Posted 03.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Maple Sugar Abolition, Maple Syrup Slavery, Conscientious Consumption, Maple Syrup Abolition, Maple Sugar Slavery, Healthy Living News

Some 70 years before the Civil War began on April 12, 1861, people had looked to maple sugar both as a political and economic weapon against slavery. The idea was simple: replace cane sugar, produced by slave labor, with maple sugar.

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