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1 day ago · In 1656 Virginia, Elizabeth Key Grinstead, a mixed-race woman, successfully gained her freedom and that of her son in a challenge to her status by making her case as the baptized Christian daughter of the free Englishman Thomas Key. Her attorney was an English subject, which may have helped her case (he was also the father of her mixed-race son ...
1 day ago · The total length of common-used railway tracks is the world's third-longest, and exceeds 87,000 km (54,100 mi). As of 2016 [update] , Russia has the world's fifth-largest road network , with 1.5 million km of roads, [374] while its road density is among the world's lowest. [375]
