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• At the Washington Post, Tom Zoellner, author of Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire, (re)introduced the forgotten holiday “August First Day,” which commemorates Britain’s passage of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1834—legislation that marked the beginning of legal freedom for 800,000 enslaved people across its many colonial holdings.
• Atomic Doctors author James L. Nolan, Jr., spoke with Inside Edition about the discovery of his grandfather’s role in helping to build the atomic bomb.

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