Slavery Abolition

Politics President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other than saying there were too many like it. Lesser occasions routinely garner official proclamations. “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House…

Large crowds gathered around Fayetteville to celebrate Juneteenth in Fayetteville, a day that holds deep meaning in American history as the day slavery ended in the United States. The Fayette County NAACP and the Fayette County Historical Society’s hosted a celebration at the Old Fayette County  Courthouse, while the Greater…

Man holds a flag during a Juneteenth celebration in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 19 June 2025   -   Copyright © africanews Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Last updated: 19/06 - 23:20 USA People across the United States marked Juneteenth on Thursday, the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people…

The US stock market closes on Thursday for a holiday honouring Juneteenth, also known as America's Second Independence Day, which marks the end of slavery in the country. At the close of trading on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.10% to 42,171 points, the S&P 500 remained flat…

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In his ongoing war on “woke,” President Trump has instructed the National Park Service to scrub any language he would deem negative, unpatriotic or smacking of “improper partisan ideology” from signs and presentations visitors encounter at national parks and historic sites. Instead, his administration has ordered the national parks and…

Letters to the Editor Newsday Thursday 19 June 2025 Brinsley Samaroo - THE EDITOR: In hindsight, slavery had a number of characteristics that the onlooker can use to determine if someone was in servitude. Slavery had oppression as a watchword. The victim had rights “on paper” that were curtailed by…

Two genealogy sites are adding troves of historical materials about enslaved people in the U.S. to databases, which could give many of their descendants a fuller picture of their families' histories.The moves come as the nation on Thursday celebrates Juneteenth, the annual celebration of the end of slavery.Why it matters:…

An obstetrician has told a parliamentary inquiry that hundreds of migrant women seek abortions with her each year to avoid breaching their visa conditions. Dr Trudi Beck, a GP  based in NSW Riverina city of Wagga Wagga, told the inquiry an "unseen population" of migrant women was seeking abortions they…