“He Enlisted to Obtain His Freedom”: Slavery and Freedom in the American Revolution

Freedom and Human Dignity

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Freedom to Tweet or Tweet to Freedom: the Relationship between Freedom Status and Tweets during Elections

Title of Document: FREEDOM TO TWEET OR TWEET TO FREEDOM: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREEDOM STATUS AND TWEETS DURING ELECTIONS Zahra Ashktorab, Master of Science 2013 Directed By: Jen Golbeck, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies In this thesis, I conduct an exploratory study of the relationship between a country's freedom and the twitter activity during elections. While there have...

The Promise of Freedom: Fertility Decisions and the Escape from Slavery

This paper examines how the fertility of enslaved women was affected by the promise of freedom. Exploiting geographic variation in the effect of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, I demonstrate a negative correlation between fertility and the distance to freedom. This negative correlation is stronger on larger plantations but weaker when the slaveholder is a woman. A similar correlation is not pre...

Inequities in the Freedom to Lead a Flourishing and Healthy Life: Issues for Healthy Public Policy

There are many reasons for the health inequities that we see around the world today. Public policy and the way society organises its affairs affects the economic, social and physical factors that influence the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - the social determinants of health. Tackling health inequities is a political issue that requires leadership, political cour...

Freedom of Association and Freedom of Expression