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On October 1, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless to be the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Sharpless was at her post in the nation’s capital at Bangui by mid-December 2001.  Sharpless served in Bangui
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(1834) William Whipper, “The Slavery of Intemperance”
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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)
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(1852) Frederick Douglass, “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July”
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Adams, John Quincy ["J. Q."] (1848-1922)
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