Slavery Abolition

Skip to Main Content Local News A visitor complaint prompted a review of quotes that are anti-war, pro-immigrant or highlight American hypocrisy on slavery ahead of the monument’s 251st anniversary celebration. David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe, File By Jake Spring, Washington Post updated on June 5, 2026 4…

The potential tariffs are part of a crackdown by the Trump administration on 60 countries it says aren't doing enough to prevent the importation of goods made by forced labour. Photo: MANDEL NGAN The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) says it would welcome efforts to remove forced labour from the…

The United Nations says sexual violence is one of the “most defining features” of Sudan’s war, now in its fourth year. It says sexual assaults have soared since the war began, but it did not have data on assaults by combatants. The UN said many women have been subjected to…

Australia is among dozens of countries facing a 12.5% trade tariff from the Trump administration for allegedly failing to prevent imports of goods made by slave labour. The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, listed Australia among 54 economies that “failed to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation…

Society / Q&A / June 2, 2026 A conversation with the labor organizer about his new book, When The Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class. Chris Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), speaks during an ALU rally outside an Amazon warehouse in the…

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The 17th century law Code Noir, or Black Code, turned human beings into chattel, allowing them to be worked, beaten, sold, raped and killed - and France never formally did away with it. PARIS: For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property…

For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean symbolised separation for Africans and people of African descent in the Caribbean. It carried millions into slavery, disconnected families and cultures, and created economic systems that enriched others while leaving Africa and the Caribbean struggling with underdevelopment, dependency and fractured identities. Leaders on both sides…

(Editor’s note: This story is part of the Monitor’s summerlong series following old U.S. Route 66  from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.) Park Ranger Joseph Tonjes is standing on the steps of Abraham Lincoln’s home, giving instructions to a group of about 20 visitors: Don’t touch the furniture. Stay inside…

May. 26, 2026, 6:12 PM EDT It may seem strange that Pope Leo XIV apologized for the church’s role in slavery within his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), in which he said artificial intelligence is dangerous and must be disarmed. “It is impossible not to feel deep sorrow when contemplating…