Slavery Abolition

The slave trade helped make their families rich. But, two centuries later, a handful of British aristocrats, part of a new organization called Heirs of Slavery, are lobbying the UK government to offer a formal apology and restorative justice to the descendants of the slave trade. Quartz Smart Investing with…

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News Judy Raymond Monday 24 April 2023 Alex Renton, author of Blood Legacy. - Photo courtesy Caroline Irby British descendants of people who were involved in and profited from transatlantic slavery plan to contribute funds to those affected and to raise awareness of the historical facts surrounding it. In a…

ByJavier Alonso López  andJulius Purcell Published March 30, 2023 • 15 min read Every spring, Jews the world over gather to mark Passover, Judaism’s ancient celebration of divine deliverance. As told in the Book of Exodus, Moses seeks freedom for enslaved Hebrews in Egypt, but Pharaoh refuses to let them…

Good morning. The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders had in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice. The Scott Trust said it expected to invest more than £10m ($12.3m), with millions dedicated specifically to descendant communities linked to…

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MADDIE BURAKOFF, AP Science Writer March 28, 2023Updated: March 28, 2023 8:11 p.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of18Crystal Kornickey holds up casts of her hands in a studio at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. She is one…

Both in and out of power, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan (2018-22) has always exhibited a certain restless quality — a leader who can’t wait for the next chapter in his story to unfold and is consistently pushing the buttons on an imaginary time machine, trying to fast forward…

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act in the United Kingdom. The former deputy senate president, his wife, 56, and Dr.…

A senior Nigerian politician, his wife, and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty…