It had become free territory under the Missouri Compromise.

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It had become a struggle for human freedom.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

Lee soon discovered that it would not be easy to break out of the trap that Richmond and Petersburg had become.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

It was true. Giovanni had become very thin.

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