Today's Fred Astaire Friday features Eleanore Powell with Astaire in Begin the Beguine from "Broadway Melody of 1940". Notice the 1940's style women's singing group in the beginning. Great stuff!
"Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. "— Rodney Stark
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