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Trump Asks Liberian President Where He Learned English, the Country’s Official Language

English is the official language of the West African country, which was founded in part by freed American slaves.

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President Trump in the state dining room at the White House with the leaders of five African nations on Wednesday.
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Discovery of 178-Year-Old Baptist Antislavery Document Elates Faith Leaders

The handwritten resolution, signed by 116 Baptist ministers from Massachusetts who called slavery “repugnant,” was thought to have been lost.

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The Rev. Diane Badger unfurls a recently found, 178-year-old antislavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, in Groton, Mass.
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