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Unlike the United States, though, the Dominican Republic had abolished slavery back in 1822.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

Costa Rica had abolished its army in 1948.

From Reuters • May 11, 2023

Throughout history, political leaders had abolished debts and managed the value of their currencies—another way to revise debts—as routine matters of government policy.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2022

Mexico had abolished slavery in 1829, a generation before President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2020

Constitution had abolished slavery but allowed one major exception: slavery remained appropriate as punishment for a crime.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander