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Obama praises Manchester workers who starved for US anti-slavery fight
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Even when it cost them their jobs and left them hungry, local mill hands met at the Free Trade Hall during the American civil war to back Abraham Lincoln's ban on Southern cotton. Speaking to broadcaster Afua Hirsch in front of thousands at the Co-op Live arena on Thursday, the former US president called their sacrifice a lesson for modern times. He added that democracy stays fragile and needs constant care to survive.
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