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This general term includes the individual rights, equality, and freedoms of people which are protected by the government.

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In the 1600s, Europeans needed laborers to help in the New World. In 1619, a Dutch ship first brought 20 Africans into America and when they did, slavery began in the British Colony of Jamestown, Virginia.

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In 1848, a group of abolitionists and pro-women suffrage supporters joined together in Seneca Falls for the first time.

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In 1872, right's activists Susan B. Anthony and Soujourner Truth attempted to vote. They were turned away immediately.

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In the time between the conclusion of World War I and before the Nazi takeover, Germany actually tolerated gay rights. Gay publications increased, nightlife, and gay bars actually were more frequent at this time than they were in New York City six decades later. Of course this all ended when Hitler ended this liberal time period.

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In the United States in 1980, gay activists won over Democratic support, as the party added a nondiscrimination clause regarding sexual orientation. This urged people to "come out of the closet" and also established October 11th to be National Coming Out Day from there on out.