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Princess Eugenie will ‘never forget’ modern slavery victims

Opening up about a visit to the country in 2011, Princess Eugenie has said she will “never forget” a group of teenage girls she met who had been trapped in modern slavery in India.

BANG Premier · Nov 15, 2024

Angolan prince started campaign to end Atlantic slave trade long before Europeans did – new book

For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists. No input from Africans has been acknowledged.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2024

Thousands left without protection from slavery in Employment Rights Bill loophole

Exclusive: The government has been warned that migrant fishermen are facing breaches of their human rights

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor

California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Anti-slavery tsar welcomed but civil groups want teeth

Former Labor senator Chris Evans has been appointed as the inaugural anti-slavery commissioner but civil groups want him properly funded and given real power.

AAP · Nov 10, 2024

Former Labor senator to be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner

With an estimated 41,000 people living in modern slavery in Australia, Chris Evans’ role to address exploitative practices such as forced marriage and deceptive recruiting

The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2024

How Black liberals fought a "dark age"

Scholar Keidrick Roy on the lessons of 19th-century Black thinkers who resisted racist notions of "liberty"

Salon · Nov 10, 2024

'You've Been Selected To Be A Slave' Texts Target Black Americans: FBI Launches Investigation

The FBI is investigating a disturbing series of anonymous text messages targeting Black Americans across multiple states, threatening them with references to slavery and plantations, sparking widespread fear and outrage.

International Business Times UK · Nov 8, 2024

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery

The Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, or Dak’Art, has opened in the Senegalese capital

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

Part VI: Slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments

An Introduction To Constitutional Law Video Library: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), The Slaughter-House Cases (1873), Bradwell v. Illinois (1873), U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876), Strauder v. West Virginia (1880), The Civil Rights Case (1883), Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Reason · Nov 8, 2024