Slavery Abolition

Voters across the country cast votes for national, state and local candidates in the 2022 midterms Tuesday, and they also voted on a slate of ballot measures.Michigan, California and Vermont enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions on Tuesday. Meanwhile, an anti-abortion measure in Kentucky was rejected by voters.Maryland and Missouri voters…

Sydney —  Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has signed an agreement in Thailand to support a new training center aimed at fighting human trafficking. The training center will give more help to victims of trafficking and will also make them not liable for any crimes committed during time as…

Descendants of the Alabama steamship owner responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives to America aboard the last U.S. slave ship have ended generations of public silence, calling his actions more than 160 years ago “evil and unforgivable.” In a statement released to NBC News, members of Timothy Meaher’s family —…

States are voting to eradicate slavery under any terms, but what about prison work? Inmates went on strike in September at Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama to protest poor prison conditions. Alabama is one of five states voting on measures to eradicate slavery. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn…

More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery – forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes. None of the proposals would force immediate…

NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A new art installation that visitors can walk through on New York's Governors Island features giant chain links grinding overhead, pointing to the legacy of slavery in the United States. Artist Charles Gaines says he wanted to create a piece - which faces the…

This is the second in a series of stories by Coconuts Bangkok about modern day slavery flourishing across borders in Southeast Asia. Read the first or third. The 40-year-old man calmly sipped iced coffee inside a Bangkok chain cafe in a plain white T-shirt. To anyone else, he would appear…

Malorie Blackman who is best known for Noughts and Crosses which was turned into a BBC drama, said that history lessons should tell “the whole truth” about Britain's role in slavery. Malorie Blackman says adding Black history to the curriculum could stop people from being accused of “race-baiting” (Image: Publicity…

Bridgetown, Barbados. Picture credit: caribbeanwarehouse.co.uk The daily reality of the persons once enslaved here is not part of the exhibits. The chains and padlocks succinctly described by my teacher were absent. But the Abbey offers a taste of rum from its 18th Century distilleries next door, complete with the casks…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West once suggested slavery was a choice. He called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast.” Earlier this month, he was criticized for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt to his collection at Paris Fashion Week. Now the rapper who is legally known as…