Agriculture is still the #1 industry in North Dakota's economy. The state typically leads the nation in over a dozen crops. Production agriculture is an important part of the North Dakota economy. 1  North Dakota continues to work to diversify its agricultural fabric by targeting the development of value added agriculture. Definition of Value Added Agriculture.
Brazil was the last American nation to abolish slavery, on 13 May, 1888. At the time Rio represented the largest urban concentration of slaves since the end of the Roman empire, more than 40% of the population, almost a complete city in irons.
Federal prohibition of foreign importation of slaves. In his Sixth Annual Message to Congress on December 2, 1806, President Jefferson, at the earliest moment allowed by the Constitution, called on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves from outside the United States.