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Abolitionism: Connexipedia Article
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A movement in Western Europe and the Americas to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves.
Arumer Zwarte Hoop: Connexipedia Article
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An army of peasant rebels in Friesland fighting the Dutch authorities from 1515 to 1523.
Camisard: Connexipedia Article
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French Protestants (Huguenots) of the Cevennes region of south-central France who raised an insurrection against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
Christiansbrunn: Connexipedia Article
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The name of two religious communes in Pennsylvania, active between 1747 and 1796.
Diggers: Connexipedia Article
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An English group of agrarian communists in the 17th century.
Doukhobors: Connexipedia Article
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A sect of Russian dissenters, many of whom came to Western Canada.
Doukhobors: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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A sect of Russian dissenters, many of whom came to Western Canada.
Herrnhaag: Connexipedia Article
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A communal spiritual center for the Moravian Unity, an early form of Protestantism.
Hussites: Connexipedia Article
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A Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus (c. 1369-1415).
Labour movement: Connexipedia Article
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The term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employe...
Levellers: Connexipedia Article
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A political movement during the English Civil Wars on the 17th century which emphasised popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law, and religious tolerance.
LGBT history, Timeline of: Connexipedia Article
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The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) related history.
Masterless Men of Newfoundland: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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A legendary outlaw society of men escaping press gangs, Royal Navy deserters and runaway indentured servants from Newfoundland fishing plantations.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): Connexipedia Article
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A religious movement, whose members are known as Friends or Quakers.
Shakers: Connexipedia Article
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The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, was a Protestant religious sect.