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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/tub.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Maryland State House Reveals Statues of Anti-Slavery Activists' data-article-id='4470'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10583'>Statues of historical figures have been the subject of much debate in the United States in recent years.</span> <span data-start-time='10583' data-end-time='25417'>The debate has centered mainly on statues of individuals linked with the Confederacy, the losing side of America&rsquo;s Civil War in the 1860s.</span> <span data-start-time='25417' data-end-time='35521'>Among other things, the Confederacy fought for the right to continue enslaving people with African origins.</span> <span data-start-time='35521' data-end-time='46375'>Now, the state of Maryland has revealed statues of two famous anti-slavery activists, or abolitionists.</span> <span data-start-time='46375' data-end-time='51438'>They are Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.</span> <span data-start-time='51438' data-end-time='61021'>Lawmakers presented the statues to the public during a ceremony Monday night in the Maryland State House.</span> <span data-start-time='61021' data-end-time='73000'>The life-sized statues were dedicated during a special joint session of the Maryland General Assembly in the Old House Chamber.</span> <span data-start-time='73000' data-end-time='82854'>That is the room where lawmakers agreed to end, or abolish, slavery in the state in 1864.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/hold_a_special_session.wav'><span>hold a special session</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/agree_to_end_slavery.wav'><span>agree to end slavery</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/honor_a_person_or_event.wav'><span>honor a person or event</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/lose_the_civil_war.wav'><span>lose the Civil War</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=14422 data-hint-location='51438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/where_were_the_statues_presented_to_the_public.wav'>Where were the statues presented to the public?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the Maryland State House'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/the_white_house.wav'><span>the White House</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/the_confederate_museum.wav'><span>the Confederate Museum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/the_maryland_state_house.wav'><span>the Maryland State House</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/a_civil_war_battlefield.wav'><span>a Civil War battlefield</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=14423 data-hint-location='25417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/the_confederacy_fought_for_the_right_to__blank_.wav'>The Confederacy fought for the right to <span class='blank'>enslave people</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='enslave people'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/own_farmland.wav'><span>own farmland</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/keep_their_homes.wav'><span>keep their homes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/erect_statues.wav'><span>erect statues</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3930/enslave_people.wav'><span>enslave people</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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