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The winner of the prestigious literary award — to be announced on November 12 — will take home $98,000 and receive a dramatic ...

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Joel S. Panzer (Alba House, 1996), shows that the Popes did condemn racial slavery as early as 1435. Most of the information below is found in this book. The issue and history of slavery are quite ...